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The henderson Surname

henderson Name Meaning and History

Scottish and northern Irish: patronymic from Hendry, a chiefly Scottish variant of the personal name Henry 1. Some Scottish families with this name have ancestors whose name was Henryson.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the henderson family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of henderson Families in the US in 1920
Number of henderson families
 1148-2293
 383-1147		 1-382
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Henderson Info KellyBailey25 0
208 Henderson's Indexed! KempSpirit 70
First Hendersons in America James Henderson 24
Hervey Carol Henderson cijstjd 0
Judge John N. Henderson dandorlauery 0
Henderson philipmartin1411 0
Henderson in Ontario Canada from Ireland needsometoys 3
HENDERSON Michelle B 1962 2004 married 16 Feb 1985 t42FlowerM_DenCoTX 0
HENDERSON David F married 16 Feb 1985 t42FlowerM_DenCoTX 0
Green Henderson jamesoneillcondon 0
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