Birch Family History
Birch Name Meaning
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: topographic name for someone
who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from a Germanic word
meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce ‘birch’, Middle High German
birche, Old Danish birk). In some cases, the German name
may be derived from places named with this word, such as Birch in
Aargau (see Birke). In Swedish, the name is in many instances
ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Birch
Name Distribution of Birch Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Birch families
 80 - 158  27 - 79 |
 1 - 26  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Birch families
|
879 - 1,756 294 - 878 |
1 - 293 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Birch families
|
25 - 48 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Birch census records
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Birch Family Origin
Birch Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Birch families immigrated
to the United States.
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Birch
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Birch Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Birch census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Birch ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Birch Civil War Service Records
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