Kingston Family History
Kingston Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places
throughout England called Kingston or Kingstone. Almost all of them,
regardless of the distinction in spelling, were originally named in
Old English as cyningestun ‘the king’s settlement’,
i.e. royal manor. However, Kingston upon Soar in Nottinghamshire is
named as ‘royal stone’, while Kingstone in Somerset is ‘king’s stone’;
both probably being named for some local monument.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kingston
Name Distribution of Kingston Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kingston families
 96 - 190  33 - 95 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kingston families
|
328 - 653 110 - 327 |
1 - 109 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kingston families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kingston census records
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Kingston Family Origin
Kingston Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Kingston
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Kingston Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kingston census records
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Kingston Civil War Service Records
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