Greenwood Family History
Greenwood Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a dense
forest, from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’,
or a habitational name from a minor place so named, as for example
Greenwood in Heathfield, East Sussex.English translation
of Ashkenazic Jewish Grünholz, an ornamental compound of
German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’, and probably of
German Grünwald (see Gruenwald).English translation of French Boisvert.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
1,190,313
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Greenwood
Name Distribution of Greenwood Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Greenwood families
 227 - 452  76 - 226 |
 1 - 75  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Greenwood families
|
5,812 - 11,622 1,938 - 5,811 |
1 - 1,937 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Greenwood families
|
21 - 40 8 - 20 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Greenwood census records
You can see how Greenwood families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Greenwood census records
>
Greenwood Family Origin
Greenwood Immigration Information
Click on a circle in the chart to view Greenwood immigration records
You can find out when most of the Greenwood families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
View all Greenwood immigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Greenwood
Click on a circle in the chart to view Greenwood birth and death records
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates,
death dates, addresses and more.
View all Greenwood ancestors in the SSDI >
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Greenwood Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Greenwood census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Greenwood ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Greenwood census records >
Greenwood Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Greenwood
686 Threads, 23
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Greenwood.
Threads: 686 - Messages: 23
Start a FREE Greenwood family tree
It only takes a few minutes. Search for your ancestors and discover your family
history.
About Ancestry.com
The world's largest family history resource
- Explore over 7 billion genealogical records
- Search 26 million family trees
- Create your FREE family tree
- Follow leaf Hints to follow more ancestors
×