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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 431 people with the Whitson surname? In that year Whitson was ranked number 3148 for popularity in the UK. |
Whitson records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"WHITSON. William Quhitsoun, bailie of Perth in 1369, is doubtless the Willelmus de [wrongly] Qwhithosum, burgess of the same town in 1379 (Milne, p. 29; Scon, p. 144). Shn Quhytson who witnessed a charter by obert Mersar of Inuerpefery, 1454 (LIM., 120), appears in 1456 as John Quhitsoun, burgess of Perth (RAA., n, 107). In 1484 and again in 1498 the lands of le Peblis in Angus were leased to Thomas Quhitsone (ibid., n, 283, 393). James Quhitsoun was witness in Fife, 1547 (Gaw, 9), Thomas Whitson was notary and writer in Kirktoun of Ratray, 1688 (DPD., n, p. 265, 268), Janet Whitson appears in Easter Caputh, 1693 (Dunkeld), and Thomas Whitson was an important man in Dundee in 1823. Quhytsoun 1458. Harrison suggests (1) White's son as meaning, and (2) for Whitsunday, a name given to one bom on that day. This latter to me unlikely. First preferable. The local pronunciation of the name in Roxburghshire is Whutson. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Whitson Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Whitson Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Whitson family tree.
Check out Whitson Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Whitson family name using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 430 people with the Whitson surname in the UK? Whitson is now ranked number 3635 for popularity in the UK. |
Whitson Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Whitson surname in the USA? Whitson is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Whitson Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Whitson family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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