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Wiltshire Family History

Wiltshire Name Meaning
English: regional name from the county of Wiltshire in southwest central England, which gets its name from Wilton (once the county’s principal town) + Old English scir ‘district’, ‘administrative division’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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8,386 Immigration Records
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5,322 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Wiltshire Families

  • Number of Wiltshire families
     26 - 50
     9 - 25
     1 - 8
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Wiltshire families
     383 - 763
     128 - 382
     1 - 127
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Number of Wiltshire families
     5 - 7
     2 - 4
     1
     
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Wiltshire Family Origin

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Wiltshire Immigration Information

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Average Life Expectancy for Wiltshire

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Wiltshire Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Wiltshire census records

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Wiltshire Civil War Service Records

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