Hamburg Family History
Hamburg Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the great
city and port at the mouth of the river Elbe, named with the Germanic
elements ham ‘water meadow’ + burg ‘fortress’,
‘fortified town’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hamburg
Name Distribution of Hamburg Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hamburg families
 27 - 51  10 - 26 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hamburg families
|
23 - 43 8 - 22 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hamburg families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hamburg census records
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Hamburg Family Origin
Hamburg Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hamburg
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hamburg Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hamburg census records
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Hamburg Civil War Service Records
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