Woodson Family History
Woodson Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome in
West Yorkshire, named in Old English as æt wudu-husum
‘(place at) the houses in the wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Woodson
Name Distribution of Woodson Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Woodson families
 294 - 586  99 - 293 |
 1 - 98  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Woodson families
|
47 - 91 16 - 46 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Woodson families
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12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Woodson Family Origin
Woodson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Woodson
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Woodson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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