Buffum Family History
- Buffum Name Meaning
- English: variant spelling of Buffham, apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly in Lincolnshire, where the surname is concentrated.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 127,692 Historical Documents with Buffum on Ancestry
- 17,343 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 10,843 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,769 Military Records
- 1,146 Immigration Records
- 95,591 Member Trees
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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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