Hamlin Family History
- Hamlin Name Meaning
- English and Irish (of Norman origin): from the Norman personal name Ham(b)lin, Hamelin, a double diminutive of Haimo (see Hammond). This was the name of a prominent family in County Meath in Ireland in the 13th–18th centuries, but is now rare there. Variant of French Hamelin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 800,131 Historical Documents with Hamlin on Ancestry
- 179,060 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 123,448 Census and Voter Lists
- 23,523 Military Records
- 9,128 Immigration Records
- 464,972 Member Trees
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Number of Hamlin families
 86 - 169  29 - 85 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Hamlin census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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