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The wellington Surname

wellington Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the three places named Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Weola + -ing- (implying association with) + tun ‘settlement’.

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

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

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Distribution of wellington Families in the US in 1920
Number of wellington families
 68-133
 23-67		 1-22
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 132 - Messages: 447
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Richard Wellington Heli Wellington 3
Harry A. Wellington ahammclem 1
Wellingtons in 1850 census, Marcellus, NY Angel 1
Abraham Wellington jackhayes_1 2
Seeking portraits of early Wellingtons in MA Luke Wellington 16
Wellington Family New York, Michigan Jodi VanEngen-Walder 6
Wellington, Roger, d. 1698 Watertown, MA Maggie Musselman 26
Nowell U. B. Wellington Born 1911 JAS in Rochford, Uk. MJWebster 0
William A. Wellington boboja 27
England to VA, USA-Michael in 1600s Tosca_S 4
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