Oldham Family History
Oldham Name Meaning
habitational name from the place in Lancashire, so
named from Middle English ald, old ‘old’ + holm
‘island’, ‘dry land in a fen’, ‘promontory’.topographic name from
Old English (e)ald ‘old’ + hamm ‘water meadow’,
‘low-lying land by a river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oldham
Name Distribution of Oldham Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oldham families
 112 - 222  38 - 111 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oldham families
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906 - 1,810 303 - 905 |
1 - 302 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Oldham families
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17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Oldham Family Origin
Oldham Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Oldham
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Oldham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Oldham Civil War Service Records
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