Cathey Family History
Cathey Name Meaning
Scottish: reduced form of MacCathay, a Galloway surname of
unexplained origin, also spelled Cathie.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cathey
Name Distribution of Cathey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cathey families
 76 - 149  26 - 75 |
 1 - 25  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cathey families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cathey families
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8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cathey census records
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Cathey Family Origin
Cathey Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cathey
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Cathey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Cathey Civil War Service Records
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