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Army Family History

Army Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of French Armée, literally ‘armed’, hence a byname for a soldier or guard.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

192,756 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Army
10,501 Census and Voter Lists
896 Immigration Records
9,649 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
4,888 Member Family Trees
166,822 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Army Families

  • Number of Army families
     14 - 25
     5 - 13
     1 - 4
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Army families
     4 - 6
     2 - 3
     1
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Army last name
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

Army census records

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Army Family Origin

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Army Immigration Information

from the New York Passenger Lists

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Average Life Expectancy for Army

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Army Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Army census records

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Army Civil War Service Records

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