Canaan Family History
Canaan Name Meaning
Jewish (American and Israeli): modern Hebrew name from
Canaan, name of the promised land in the Bible. AB See also
Kanaan.Irish: variant of Cannan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Canaan
Name Distribution of Canaan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Canaan families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Canaan census records
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Canaan Family Origin
Canaan Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Canaan
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Canaan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Canaan census records
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Canaan Civil War Service Records
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