Colt Family History
Colt Name Meaning
English: from Middle English colt ‘young ass’, later also
‘young horse’, ‘colt’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone
who looked after asses and horses, or a nickname for an obstinate or
frisky person, from the same word. In northern England colt was
a generic term for working horses and asses.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Colt
Name Distribution of Colt Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Colt families
 27 - 52  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Colt families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Colt families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Colt census records
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Colt Family Origin
Colt Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Colt
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Colt Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Colt census records
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Colt Civil War Service Records
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