Selwyn Family History
- Selwyn Name Meaning
- English: from a Middle English personal name, Selewyne, from the Old English personal name Selewine, composed of the elements sele ‘hall’ + wine ‘friend’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 46,218 Historical Documents with Selwyn on Ancestry
- 14,051 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 12,980 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,675 Military Records
- 1,561 Immigration Records
- 15,951 Member Trees
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Number of Selwyn families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Selwyn families
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76 - 150 26 - 75 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Selwyn census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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