Chard Family History
Chard Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Chard or South Chard in
Somerset, recorded in Domesday Book as Cerdren, possibly from
Old English ceart ‘rough heathland’ + ærn ‘building’,
‘dwelling’. In some instances the surname may have arisen simply as a
topographic name from ceart.French: habitational name for someone from Chard in the department
of Creuse.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chard
Name Distribution of Chard Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chard families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chard families
|
167 - 332 56 - 166 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chard families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chard census records
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Chard Family Origin
Chard Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chard
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Chard Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chard census records
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Chard Civil War Service Records
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