Worcester Family History
- Worcester Name Meaning
- English: habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 285,894 Historical Documents with Worcester on Ancestry
- 64,203 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 23,315 Census and Voter Lists
- 15,982 Military Records
- 5,025 Immigration Records
- 177,369 Member Trees
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Number of Worcester families
 55 - 107  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Worcester families
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30 - 57 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Worcester census records
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- England (6)
- Great Britain (3)
- BridgUnited States of Americater,United States of America (1)
- Bygland (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Midgewater,United States of America (1)
from the New York Passengers List
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The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry. You can find out where the majority of the Worcester families were living before they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival, and destination.
from the New York Passenger Lists
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You can find out when most of the Worcester families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival and destination.
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family.
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Worcester census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Worcester ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
- All Worcester
- 101
- Confederate
- 2
- Union
- 99
from the Civil War Service Records
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