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The colfax name in History

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

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Distribution of colfax Families in the US in 1920
Number of colfax families
 6-10
 3-5
 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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COLFAX FAMILY HISTORY brottfam 19
Maj. William W. Colfax married Harriet Powers 1850 patmontero25 2
Glazier-Colfax jcthreet1 0
Colfax Todd Tracy 10
Abigail Colfax elizlulu 4
COLFAX in New London, New London Co., CT Jane_Devlin48362 1
Colfax Family History melmom78 0
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