Welch Family History
Welch Name Meaning
English: ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the
usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is
Walsh and in Scotland Welsh.German: variant
of Welk.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German
Welsch.
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Name Distribution of Welch Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Welch families
 784 - 1,566  262 - 783 |
 1 - 261  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Welch families
|
848 - 1,694 283 - 847 |
1 - 282 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Welch families
|
60 - 118 21 - 59 |
1 - 20 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Welch census records
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Welch Family Origin
Welch Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Welch
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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)
Welch Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Welch census records
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Welch Civil War Service Records
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