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gorham Name Meaning and History

English (Kent): apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly so named from Old English gara ‘triangular piece of land’ + ham ‘homestead’.

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

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

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Distribution of gorham Families in the US in 1920
Number of gorham families
 80-158
 27-79		 1-26
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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