Whiddon Family History
Whiddon Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous minor places in
Devon named Whiddon. Some are named with Old English hwit
‘white’ + dun ‘hill’ or tun ‘settlement’; others
with Old English hw?te ‘wheat’ + dun ‘hill’ or
denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Whiddon
Name Distribution of Whiddon Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whiddon families
 26 - 49  9 - 25 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Whiddon families
|
40 - 77 14 - 39 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Whiddon census records
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Whiddon Family Origin
Whiddon Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Whiddon
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Whiddon Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Whiddon census records
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Whiddon Civil War Service Records
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