Cale Family History
Cale Name Meaning
French (Calé) and English: from Old French
calé, adjectival derivative of cale ‘close-fitting
cap’, hence a nickname for someone who wore such a cap.Southern Italian (Calè): variant of Calia.Dutch: variant spelling of Kale.Americanized
spelling of German Kehl.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cale
Name Distribution of Cale Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cale families
 119 - 235  40 - 118 |
 1 - 39  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cale families
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149 - 295 50 - 148 |
1 - 49 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cale families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cale census records
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Cale Family Origin
Cale Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cale
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cale Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cale census records
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Cale Civil War Service Records
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