Furness Family History
Furness Name Meaning
English: regional name from the district on the south coast of
Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), earlier Fuðarnes, so named
from the genitive case (Fuðar) of Old Norse Fuð,
meaning ‘rump’, the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island
opposite the southern part of this district + Old Norse nes
‘headland’, ‘nose’.Norwegian: habitational name from any
of various farms, particularly in Møre og Romsdal, named Furnes,
from Old Norse fura ‘pine’ + nes ‘headland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Furness
Name Distribution of Furness Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Furness families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Furness families
|
375 - 748 126 - 374 |
1 - 125 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Furness families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Furness census records
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Furness Family Origin
Furness Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Furness
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Furness Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Furness census records
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Furness Civil War Service Records
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