Gedney Family History
Gedney Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, probably
so named from an Old English personal name G?da or
Gydda (genitive -n) + eg ‘island’.
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Name Distribution of Gedney Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gedney families
 51 - 100  18 - 50 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gedney families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gedney census records
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Gedney Family Origin
Gedney Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gedney
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Gedney Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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