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The earliest occurrence of the Madison surname in our family history documents is from 1539, and we currently have 114,631 records where Madison appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
7 Madisons were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Madisons were most likely to live in Yorkshire.
It seems all Madisons were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
No Madisons were recorded as serving in the First World War in Findmypast's records.
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