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winchester Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from the city in Hampshire, so named from the addition of Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) to the Romano-British name Venta, of disputed origin.

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The winchester name in History

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

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Distribution of winchester Families in the US in 1920
Number of winchester families
 65-128
 22-64		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Identify WInchesters in Photo chengdave2003 13
Father Mother of Thomas Dydimus Winchester Thomas Dydimus Winchester 7
Leah Winchester 1791-1874 LBraswell12 0
winchester in Tennessee RubyTaylor55 0
James George WINCHESTER or STARKEY b1865 Bethnal Green, Middx, England ftmfamily481 1
Dicey Winchester, Alabama JOATES4375 3
Alabama Winchester Charley Dunn 2
Samuel H. Winchester profpi4gd 1
Info. on Liza Olgden-Winchester and or Leo Winchester Tracy Winchester/Thompson 8
Dicey Winchester JOATES4375 3
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