Gann Family History
Gann Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of McGann.German: from the
personal name Gano, or, in Austria, a short form of
Candidus, a personal name from Latin candidus ‘bright’,
‘white’, ‘clear’, ‘beautiful’ (see Kann).German:
topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree,
Middle High German gant.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gann
Name Distribution of Gann Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gann families
 63 - 124  22 - 62 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gann families
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57 - 112 20 - 56 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gann families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gann census records
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Gann Family Origin
Gann Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gann
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gann Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gann census records
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Gann Civil War Service Records
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