Cavendish Family History
Cavendish Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Suffolk named Cavendish,
from an Old English byname Cafna (meaning ‘bold’, ‘daring’)
+ Old English edisc ‘enclosed pasture’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cavendish
Name Distribution of Cavendish Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cavendish families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cavendish families
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28 - 53 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cavendish families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cavendish census records
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Cavendish Family Origin
Cavendish Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cavendish
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cavendish Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cavendish census records
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Cavendish Civil War Service Records
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