Lindsey Family History
Lindsey Name Meaning
Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.Irish: reduced
and Anglicized form of various Gaelic surnames, as for example Ó
Loingsigh (see Lynch 1), Mac Giolla Fhionntóg
(see McClintock), and Ó Fhloinn (see
Flynn).English: habitational name from Lindsey in Suffolk,
named in Old English as ‘island (Old English eg) of
Lelli’, a personal name representing a byform of an unattested
name Lealla.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lindsey
Name Distribution of Lindsey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lindsey families
 270 - 537  91 - 269 |
 1 - 90  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lindsey families
|
203 - 403 68 - 202 |
1 - 67 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lindsey families
|
13 - 24 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lindsey Family Origin
Lindsey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Lindsey
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Lindsey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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