Chestnut Family History
Chestnut Name Meaning
English: from early English chesten nut ‘chestnut’ (from
Middle English chesteine ‘chestnut’ + nut), a
topographic name for someone who lived by a chestnut tree, or possibly
a nickname for someone with chestnut-colored hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chestnut
Name Distribution of Chestnut Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chestnut families
 64 - 126  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chestnut families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chestnut families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chestnut census records
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Chestnut Family Origin
Chestnut Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Chestnut families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chestnut
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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)
Chestnut Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chestnut census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Chestnut ancestors, such as occupation.
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Chestnut Civil War Service Records
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