The fordham Surname
fordham Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the places in
Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Norfolk named Fordham, from Old English
ford ‘ford’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm
‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Berniece Fordham | Gerald Huteson | 13 |
| Fordhams in Georgia | Jennifer Schales | 2 |
| Richard FORDHAM and Ellinor Joy CLARK |
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| FURDOM, Daniel, Galway |
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| Henry Fordham 1822 Hartismere Suffolk |
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| ADAM FORDHAM -father & son |
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| fordham family ties. |
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| Willadean V. Fordham |
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| Fordham Family ,Rayleigh England | Delma Reber | 2 |
| Looking for Proof that Benjamin Fordham (1743-c1810) married Mary Blackshear |
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