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calais Name Meaning and History

French: habitational name from the French port of Calais or from a minor place of the same name in Sarthe.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The calais name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the calais family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of calais Families in the US in 1920
Number of calais families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 7 - Messages: 21
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Jean Calais, France to VA Fran Johnston 13
John & Betty Calais of Wethersfield, Ct. in 1763 BasketLady420 0
John Calais of Wethersfield, Ct. b. 1760 BasketLady420 0
CALAIS: Celina or Xavier, & BRONSON katmrn 0
Auguste Calais Wicks 0
Theard Calais eulabob 1
Eugenie Calais Alvin chappuis 0
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