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The chesterfield Surname

chesterfield Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Chesterfield, from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort’ + feld ‘open country’.

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Distribution of chesterfield Families in the US in 1920

Number of chesterfield families

6-9

3-5

1-2

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Thread	Author	Replies
Family connections to Stephen and Laura Chesterfield	mcwiley_1	2
Chesterfield in St Austell Cornwall	raynerdm	0
Edward Chesterfield Peterson	maviw	0
TRACING MY ADOPTED SON.MICHAEL PHILLIPS	LindaWalsh71	2
Four Families in Chesterfield, England	Wilson Longden	6
Chesterfield of Indiana	SallyChesterfield	2
Hugh Coker	jrrasco	0
Photos of Grave Stones	Joan Letsos	0
CHESTERFIELD	Alun	0
Four families in Chesterfield	terry3323	0

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