Isham Family History
Isham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire named
Isham, from the river name Ise (of Celtic origin) + Old English
ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘promontory’ or ‘enclosure
hemmed in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Isham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Isham families
 24 - 46  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Isham families
|
34 - 65 12 - 33 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Isham last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Isham census records
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Isham Family Origin
Isham Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Isham
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Isham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Isham census records
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Isham Civil War Service Records
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