Godfrey Family History
- Godfrey Name Meaning
- English: from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey. Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings. Americanized form of the French surname Godefroi, of the same origin as 1.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,233,887 Historical Documents with Godfrey on Ancestry
- 536,676 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 397,269 Census and Voter Lists
- 63,547 Military Records
- 36,411 Immigration Records
- 1,199,984 Member Trees
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Number of Godfrey families
 190 - 378  64 - 189 |
 1 - 63  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Godfrey families
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1,035 - 2,067 346 - 1,034 |
1 - 345 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Godfrey families
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37 - 71 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Godfrey
- 852
- Confederate
- 291
- Union
- 561
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