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Jefferson Family History

Jefferson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Jeffrey.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

847,384 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Jefferson
200,744 Census and Voter Lists
12,030 Immigration Records
220,012 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
368,721 Member Family Trees
45,877 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Jefferson Families

  • Number of Jefferson families
     294 - 586
     99 - 293
     1 - 98
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Jefferson families
     668 - 1,333
     223 - 667
     1 - 222
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Jefferson families
     8 - 14
     3 - 7
     1 - 2
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Jefferson Family Origin

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Jefferson Immigration Information

from the New York Passenger Lists

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Average Life Expectancy for Jefferson

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Jefferson Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Jefferson census records

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Jefferson Civil War Service Records

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