Dawson Family History
Dawson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Daw 1.
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Name Distribution of Dawson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dawson families
 373 - 743  125 - 372 |
 1 - 124  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dawson families
|
3,591 - 7,180 1,198 - 3,590 |
1 - 1,197 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dawson families
|
360 - 718 121 - 359 |
1 - 120 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dawson census records
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Dawson Family Origin
Dawson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dawson
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Dawson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dawson census records
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Dawson Civil War Service Records
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