Lightfoot Family History
Lightfoot Name Meaning
English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool): nickname
for a messenger or for a fast runner, from Middle English lyght
‘light’, ‘nimble’, ‘quick’ (Old English lioht) + fote
‘foot’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lightfoot
Name Distribution of Lightfoot Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lightfoot families
 63 - 124  22 - 62 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lightfoot families
|
390 - 778 131 - 389 |
1 - 130 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lightfoot families
|
13 - 24 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lightfoot census records
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Lightfoot Family Origin
Lightfoot Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lightfoot
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lightfoot Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lightfoot census records
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Lightfoot Civil War Service Records
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