Fairfax Family History
Fairfax Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle
English fair feax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common
descriptive phrase in Middle English; the alliterative poem Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling
the shoulders of the doughty warrior.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fairfax
Name Distribution of Fairfax Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fairfax families
 26 - 50  9 - 25 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Fairfax families
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25 - 47 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fairfax families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fairfax census records
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Fairfax Family Origin
Fairfax Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Fairfax
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Fairfax Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Fairfax census records
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Fairfax Civil War Service Records
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