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ess Name Meaning and History

  1. North German: topographic name for someone living on or owning land that was waterlogged or partly surrounded by water, from Middle Low German es ‘swamp’, ‘water’.
  2. Swiss German: unexplained.

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

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

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Distribution of ess Families in the US in 1920
Number of ess families
 15-28
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 11 - Messages: 44
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Obit; Mary L. Smith (nee Ess) 1916-2OO8 woodsman1953 0
James & Barbara Ess 5Oth. Anniversary woodsman1953 0
Frank Ess jessiemekeller 0
Jacob Ess in N.Y., 1710 BasketLady420 0
Ess - Hesse Darmstadt to Audrain County, Missouri Cheryl Freeman 1
Barbara Ess, born c. 1795, Burgberg, Bavaria Dan Haglund 3
ESS family in NY state Pat Harter 20
Charles Ess obit bingo54 0
Mary Ann Ess GMerians 7
Ess' Surname related to Essary Patti Necessary 1
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