Elvidge Family History
- Elvidge Name Meaning
- English: from the Middle English personal name Elfegh, Alfeg, Old English Ælfheah, composed of the elements ælf ‘elf’ + heah ‘high’. The name was sometimes bestowed in honor of St. Alphege (954–1012), archbishop of Canterbury, who was stoned to death by the Danes, and came to be revered as a martyr.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 66,489 Historical Documents with Elvidge on Ancestry
- 21,645 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 18,312 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,154 Military Records
- 1,038 Immigration Records
- 24,340 Member Trees
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Number of Elvidge families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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154 - 306 52 - 153 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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