Windham Family History
Windham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wyndham in West Sussex, near
West Grinstead, probably named from an unattested Old English personal
name Winda + Old English hamm ‘water meadow’; or from
Wymondham in Leicestershire and Norfolk, named from the Old English
personal name Wigmund (see Wyman) + Old English
ham ‘homestead’. The name de Wyndem is found in Westmorland
as early as 1284, and the surname may additionally derive from some
unidentified place in northern England.Irish (Connacht):
Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Gaoithín
‘descendant of Gaoithín’ (see Gahan).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
156,194
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Windham
Name Distribution of Windham Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Windham families
 89 - 175  30 - 88 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Windham families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Windham families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Windham census records
You can see how Windham families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Windham census records
>
Windham Family Origin
Windham Immigration Information
Click on a circle in the chart to view Windham immigration records
You can find out when most of the Windham families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
View all Windham immigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Windham
Click on a circle in the chart to view Windham birth and death records
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
your family.
The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates,
death dates, addresses and more.
View all Windham ancestors in the SSDI >
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Windham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Windham census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Windham ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Windham census records >
Windham Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Windham
232 Threads, 80
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Windham.
Threads: 232 - Messages: 80
Start a FREE Windham family tree
It only takes a few minutes. Search for your ancestors and discover your family
history.
About Ancestry.com
The world's largest family history resource
- Explore over 7 billion genealogical records
- Search 26 million family trees
- Create your FREE family tree
- Follow leaf Hints to follow more ancestors
×