Goodspeed Family History
Goodspeed Name Meaning
English: from the expression ‘God speed (you)’; a wish for success
for one setting out on an enterprise, presumably applied as a nickname
for someone who habitually used this expression.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Goodspeed Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Goodspeed families
 38 - 74  13 - 37 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Goodspeed families
|
35 - 68 12 - 34 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Goodspeed census records
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Goodspeed Family Origin
Goodspeed Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Goodspeed
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Goodspeed Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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