Chatelain Family History
- Chatelain Name Meaning
- English and French (Châtelain): status name for the governor or constable of a castle, or the warder of a prison, from Norman Old French chastelain (Latin castellanus, a derivative of castellum ‘castle’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 49,226 Historical Documents with Chatelain on Ancestry
- 17,715 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,294 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,739 Military Records
- 1,225 Immigration Records
- 23,253 Member Trees
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Number of Chatelain families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chatelain families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Chatelain 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
Chatelain census records
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