Rumsey Family History
Rumsey Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Romsey in Hampshire, so named from
the genitive case of the Old English personal name Rum (a
short form of compound names with the first element rum) +
Old English eg ‘island’, ‘dry land in a fen’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rumsey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rumsey families
 99 - 196  34 - 98 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rumsey families
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150 - 297 51 - 149 |
1 - 50 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rumsey families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rumsey census records
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Rumsey Family Origin
Rumsey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Rumsey
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Rumsey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Rumsey Civil War Service Records
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