Wellington Family History
Wellington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places named
Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most
probably named with an unattested Old English personal name
Weola + -ing- (implying association with) +
tun ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wellington
Name Distribution of Wellington Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wellington families
 68 - 133  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wellington families
|
141 - 279 48 - 140 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wellington families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wellington census records
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Wellington Family Origin
Wellington Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wellington
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wellington Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wellington census records
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Wellington Civil War Service Records
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