Winchester Family History
Winchester Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city in Hampshire, so named
from the addition of Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled
city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) to the Romano-British
name Venta, of disputed origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Winchester
Name Distribution of Winchester Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winchester families
 65 - 128  22 - 64 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Winchester families
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150 - 297 51 - 149 |
1 - 50 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Winchester families
|
37 - 72 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Winchester Family Origin
Winchester Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Winchester
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Winchester Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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