Rigdon Family History
- Rigdon Name Meaning
- Apparently an altered spelling of English Rigden, which Reaney believes to be from Ricdun, a reduced form of the personal name Ricardun, a pet form of Richard. There is no evidence for it as a habitational name: in medieval documents it is never found with a preposition and no relevant place name has been identified.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 166,799 Historical Documents with Rigdon on Ancestry
- 33,050 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 15,938 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,752 Military Records
- 684 Immigration Records
- 112,375 Member Trees
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Number of Rigdon families
 33 - 63  12 - 32 |
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rigdon families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
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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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- 127
- Confederate
- 47
- Union
- 80
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