Acton Family History
Acton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places, especially
in Shropshire and adjacent counties, named Acton. Generally, these are
from Old English ac ‘oak’ + tun ‘settlement’.
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Name Distribution of Acton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Acton families
 50 - 97  17 - 49 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Acton families
|
274 - 545 92 - 273 |
1 - 91 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Acton families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Acton census records
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Acton Family Origin
Acton Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Acton
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Acton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Acton census records
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Acton Civil War Service Records
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