Cove Family History
Cove Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place named Cove, examples of
which are found in Devon, Hampshire, and Suffolk, from Old English
cofa ‘cove’, ‘bay’, ‘inlet’, also ‘shelter’, ‘hut’, or a
topographic name with the same meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cove
Name Distribution of Cove Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cove families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cove families
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98 - 193 33 - 97 |
1 - 32 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cove families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cove census records
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Cove Family Origin
Cove Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cove
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cove Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cove census records
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Cove Civil War Service Records
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