Redding Family History
Redding Name Meaning
English: variant spelling of Reading.German
and Dutch: patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the
first element rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Redding
Name Distribution of Redding Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Redding families
 137 - 272  46 - 136 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Redding families
|
195 - 388 66 - 194 |
1 - 65 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Redding families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Redding census records
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Redding Family Origin
Redding Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Redding
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Redding Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Redding census records
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Redding Civil War Service Records
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