The whitfield Surname
whitfield Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places named
Whitfield, for example in Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and
Northumberland, named with Old English hwit ‘white’ +
feld ‘open country’, because of their chalky or soil.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| John A. Whitfield, GA 1870-1880 |
 AEGRIF44
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| Information about two Great Uncles |
rickardsf
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| WHITFIELD |
bikeman55
| 17 |
| Whitfield/Brasher |
reginafrederick722
| 3 |
| WHITFIELD Hubert Allen 1914 1990 pvt US Army W W II |
t42GreenAcres_JohnsonCoTX
| 0 |
| WHITFIELD Rosa Lee 1919 1997 Cross |
t42GreenAcres_JohnsonCoTX
| 0 |
| Whitfield, Carnesville Ga |
monicawhitfield
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| Whitfield ancestry in England? | David Joshua Whitfield(Liberty,South Carolina,USA) | 12 |
| Whitfields from Oklahoma and Arkansas | Billy Ray Whitfield | 10 |
| Whitfield Arkansas Connection |
CHANDL2
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