Ashman Family History
- Ashman Name Meaning
- English: from the Middle English personal name Asheman (Old English Æscmann, probably originally a byname from æscman ‘seaman’ or ‘pirate’, i.e. one who sailed in an ash-wood boat). Americanized spelling of German Aschmann, an occupational name from Middle High German aschman ‘kitchen servant’ or ‘boatman’. Variant of German and Swiss Eschmann.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 289,327 Historical Documents with Ashman on Ancestry
- 88,431 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 57,952 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,916 Military Records
- 4,846 Immigration Records
- 132,182 Member Trees
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Number of Ashman families
 298 - 594  100 - 297 |
 1 - 99  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ashman families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Ashman census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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