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Find more Chestnut relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 138 more people named Chestnut in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.

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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 4,201 people named Chestnut in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 3% more people named Chestnut in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 4,339 people named Chestnut were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • On average men worked 43 hours a week
  • For 2,189 females, Mary was the most common name
  • 628 adults were unmarried

Learn where they came from and where they went.

As Chestnut families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • Most immigrants originated from Lithuania
  • 404 were first-generation Americans
  • 10% were first-generation Americans
  • Most mothers originated from South Carolina