Winston Family History
Winston Name Meaning
English: from an Old English personal name composed of the
elements wynn ‘joy’ + stan ‘stone’.English:
habitational name from any of various places called Winston or
Winstone, from various Old English personal names + Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, or, in the case of Winstone
in Gloucestershire, Old English stan ‘stone’.Americanized form of Jewish Weinstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Winston
Name Distribution of Winston Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winston families
 215 - 427  72 - 214 |
 1 - 71  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Winston families
|
54 - 105 19 - 53 |
1 - 18 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Winston families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Winston census records
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Winston Family Origin
Winston Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Winston
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Winston Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Winston census records
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Winston Civil War Service Records
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