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westfield Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a field (Middle English feld) to the west (Middle English west) of a settlement, or a habitational name from either of two places named Westfield, in Norfolk and Sussex, from Old English west ‘west’ + feld ‘open country’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of westfield Families in the US in 1920
Number of westfield families
 24-46
 9-23		 1-8
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Threads: 8 - Messages: 13
ThreadAuthorReplies
Mary Elizabeth Westfield SueCoates42 3
Correction to previous post on Mary Elizabeth Westfield marychawner 0
Mary WESTFIELD of Maryland (1700s) ewhendon 0
WESTFIELD/ WESTPFEL of Germany, England & Canada tekaybe 0
William Westfield jr and sr Karen Bailey 1
looking for relatives johanna hanson messing 0
My grandmother - Victoria Westfield Guss Westfield, Jr. 1
Trying to locate my grandmother Guss Westfield, Jr. 0
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