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lyman Name Meaning and History

  1. English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).
  2. Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, or possibly liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + man ‘man’.
  3. Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.

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

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

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Distribution of lyman Families in the US in 1920
Number of lyman families
 191-380
 64-190		 1-63
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 257 - Messages: 584
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Lyman/Allen/Grasley/Ontario, Canada LoisCharron12 4
Pauline A. Lyman Oatney buried at Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon John 1
Lyman from NY Laurine Griffin 3
Old Photo of Viola Lyman RandallMcDaniel44 0
Sarah Lyman (1620-63) / Coleman Genealogy corroborated? calvinculver 2
Lyman, Ernest Venita 1
Lyman Family Association Rodabaugh 1
Leroy A. Lyman ellenlyman 1
Bill Lyman, where are you? lkylnde153 0
Amasa Mason/Cynthia Wright dsharp168 0
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