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lyford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Lyford in south Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), named in Old English as ‘flax-ford’, from lin ‘flax’ + ford ‘ford’.

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The lyford name in History

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

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Distribution of lyford Families in the US in 1920
Number of lyford families
 20-38
 7-19		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 23 - Messages: 173
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Lyford family marybethlyford 1
Nathaniel Lyford of East Livermore, ME nlerner1 5
Marian LYFORD jeaneen11 0
Sarah C Lyford mpittman114 8
Looking for Josephine Lyford b Troy Vt before 1850 lioness4876 2
Lyford Family of Georgia in 1774 BasketLady420 0
Esther and Nettie Lyford / Chicago questors 2
Lyford Name George Lyford 28
Who married Daniel Dow of NH? annbartholomew01 3
Royal Jackson Lyford horseman53 2
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