Wightman Family History
Wightman Name Meaning
from an unattested Old English personal
name Wihtmann meaning ‘elf man’.variant of Wight,
with the addition of Middle English man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wightman
Name Distribution of Wightman Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wightman families
 59 - 116  20 - 58 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wightman families
|
103 - 204 35 - 102 |
1 - 34 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wightman families
|
85 - 168 29 - 84 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wightman census records
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Wightman Family Origin
Wightman Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Wightman families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wightman
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wightman Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wightman census records
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Wightman Civil War Service Records
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