Forde Family History
Forde Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant spelling of Ford 1 and
2. This is a very common spelling in Ireland.Norwegian:
habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Førde
(there are eleven on the west coast), from Old Norse fyrði,
dative of fjórðr ‘fjord’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Forde
Name Distribution of Forde Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Forde families
 29 - 55  10 - 28 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Forde families
|
26 - 49 9 - 25 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Forde families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Forde census records
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Forde Family Origin
Forde Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Forde
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Forde Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Forde census records
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Forde Civil War Service Records
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