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poss Name Meaning and History

German (of Slavic origin): from a pet form of a personal name, a Slavic form of Peter.

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

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

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Distribution of poss Families in the US in 1920
Number of poss families
 36-69
 13-35		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 58 - Messages: 190
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Poss - Fliessem, Germany Rhineland/Pfalz lanayeh 18
Sarah Poss sljtullis 0
poss website? AilingMI 0
Poss & Wofford; Georgia 1912 Genseeker55 0
Sallie Poss tullis3 6
Poss family cskten 0
information on Mary Poss elainewalls50 0
Georgia Mae Poss/ From Atlanta,Ga. ykingpresley 1
John Woodville Poss Janis_Pate 0
Ancestors Laura Mayfield (Poss) Maiden 25
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