Chesterfield Family History
Chesterfield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named
Chesterfield, from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort’ +
feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chesterfield
Name Distribution of Chesterfield Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chesterfield families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chesterfield families
|
46 - 90 16 - 45 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Chesterfield last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chesterfield census records
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Chesterfield Family Origin
Chesterfield Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chesterfield
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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
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Chesterfield Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chesterfield census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Chesterfield ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Chesterfield Civil War Service Records
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