Abernathy Family History
Abernathy Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Abernethy in southeastern
Perthshire. The place name is of Pictish origin, meaning ‘mouth of the
river Nethy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Abernathy
Name Distribution of Abernathy Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abernathy families
 126 - 249  43 - 125 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Abernathy families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Abernathy families
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12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Abernathy census records
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Abernathy Family Origin
Abernathy Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Abernathy
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Abernathy Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Abernathy Civil War Service Records
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