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Cheshire Name Meaning
English: regional name for someone from the county of Cheshire in
northwestern England, the name of which is recorded in Domesday Book
as Cestrescire, from the name of the county seat,
Chester, + Old English scir ‘district’,
‘division’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cheshire
Name Distribution of Cheshire Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cheshire families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cheshire families
|
152 - 301 51 - 151 |
1 - 50 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cheshire families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cheshire census records
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Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Cheshire Family Origin
Cheshire Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Cheshire families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cheshire
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates,
death dates, addresses and more.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cheshire Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cheshire census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Cheshire ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Cheshire Civil War Service Records
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