Harwood Family History
Harwood Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places,
for example in the Scottish Borders and in Cheshire, Lancashire,
Lothian, Northumberland, and North and West Yorkshire, called Harwood
or Harewood from Old English har ‘gray’ or hara
‘hare’ + wudu ‘wood’. This name has also become established in
Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Harwood
Name Distribution of Harwood Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harwood families
 81 - 160  28 - 80 |
 1 - 27  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Harwood families
|
938 - 1,873 313 - 937 |
1 - 312 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harwood families
|
18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Harwood census records
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Harwood Family Origin
Harwood Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Harwood
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Harwood Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Harwood census records
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Harwood Civil War Service Records
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