Hereford Family History
Hereford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hereford in Herefordshire, or
Harford in Devon and Goucestershire, all named from Old English
here ‘army’ + ford ‘ford’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hereford
Name Distribution of Hereford Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hereford families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hereford families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hereford families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hereford census records
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Hereford Family Origin
Hereford Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hereford
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Hereford Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hereford census records
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Hereford Civil War Service Records
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