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hands Name Meaning and History

English (chiefly West Midlands): variant of Hand.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hands family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hands Families in the US in 1920
Number of hands families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 70 - Messages: 194
ThreadAuthorReplies
John Henry HANDS eggybread 2
HANDS- Dorsington, GLS, pre 1820 eggybread 0
Henry Hands John Hands 13
Harry Hands from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England cndhands 2
Calling ALL UK HANDS researchers eggybread 6
HANDS from HEREFORD, ENGLAND(partridge, charlotte) liz_marion 1
Hands Linda 3
HANDS in Solihull or Hampton in Arden eggybread 0
New Address lindaladybug1 0
new address lindaladybug1 0
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