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charleston Name Meaning and History

English: patronymic (with intrusive -t-) from the personal name Charles. The various places called Charleston are all of recent origin, so they are unlikely to be the source of the surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The charleston name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the charleston family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of charleston Families in the US in 1920
Number of charleston families
 19-35
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Charleston message board


Threads: 28 - Messages: 78
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Myrtle Charleston outofthebox11 0
ray and rosalie charleston vicky charleston resz 6
My Search For Other Family babeyl 2
The Charleston Family U.S.A Thomas Charleston jr 13
Pennsylvania Charleston's MDC105 3
Frank Charleston, b. 1856 in Sweden BasketLady420 0
Henry & Ella Charleston Bastrup, LA vernita33 0
Looking for Relatives Betty-Charleston-Davis 8
Charleston family St Erth Cornwall sussexwurzel 0
CHARLESTON St. Erth, Cornwall -> Newcastle, Australia Marcel Safier 4
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