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Elm Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near an elm
tree or in an elm grove, from Middle English elm
‘elm’.German: habitational name from any of the various places so
named.Swedish: ornamental name from älm(e) ‘elm grove’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Elm
Name Distribution of Elm Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elm families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Elm families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Elm census records
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Elm Family Origin
Elm Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Elm
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Elm Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Elm census records
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Elm Civil War Service Records
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