Gage Family History
Gage Name Meaning
English: from Middle English, Old French ga(u)ge
‘measure’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an
assayer, an official who was in charge of checking weights and
measures.English and French: from Middle English, Old French
gage ‘pledge’, ‘surety’ (against which money was lent), and
therefore a metonymic occupational name for a moneylender or usurer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gage
Name Distribution of Gage Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gage families
 241 - 480  81 - 240 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gage families
|
238 - 474 80 - 237 |
1 - 79 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gage families
|
27 - 52 10 - 26 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gage census records
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Gage Family Origin
Gage Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gage
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gage Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gage census records
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Gage Civil War Service Records
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