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pless Name Meaning and History

East German (of Slavic origin): habitational name from any of various places named with the Slavic element pleso ‘swamp’, for example Pless in Upper Silesia.

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

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

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Distribution of pless Families in the US in 1920
Number of pless families
 23-43
 8-22
 1-7
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 57 - Messages: 269
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JOHN ADAM PLESS, SR. REUNION * blaytteb 2
BRICE FAMILY TREE crazy4cwebb 0
JOSEPH in Indiana WardFromTX 0
James E Pless ThelmaShields70 0
Finding NELSON PLESS sshockley_1 1
Bramlet/Pless diana_dlw 6
Sam PLESS b. ca 1885 in GA * cmpless_1 2
romanian pless family blueladybird6 0
I think I have the Pless family going back to the 1600's dixiekamplain 0
Arkansas/Oklahoma Pless michelle Pless-Joseph 24
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