Elbe Family History
Elbe Name Meaning
habitational name from any of various places named Elbe
or from the river name.from a short form of a Germanic personal
name beginning Alf-, from an element cognate with Middle Low
German alf ‘ghost’, Middle High German alp (plural
elbe).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Elbe Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elbe families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
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
Elbe census records
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Elbe Family Origin
Elbe Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Elbe
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Elbe Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Elbe census records
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Elbe Civil War Service Records
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