Armstrong Family History
- Armstrong Name Meaning
- English (common in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): Middle English nickname for someone who was strong in the arm. Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O’Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’, both from Ulster.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,822,127 Historical Documents with Armstrong on Ancestry
- 1,864,694 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,339,352 Census and Voter Lists
- 214,125 Military Records
- 180,148 Immigration Records
- 2,223,808 Member Trees
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Number of Armstrong families
 2,109 - 4,215  704 - 2,108 |
 1 - 703  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Armstrong families
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946 - 1,890 316 - 945 |
1 - 315 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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