Gent Family History
Gent Name Meaning
English and French: nickname, possibly sometimes applied
ironically, from Middle English gente, Old French
gent(il) ‘well born’, ‘noble’, ‘courteous’. Compare
Gentle.German and English: habitational name for someone
from Ghent in Flanders, French name Gand.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gent
Name Distribution of Gent Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gent families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gent families
|
194 - 385 65 - 193 |
1 - 64 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gent families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gent census records
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Gent Family Origin
Gent Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Gent families immigrated
to the United States.
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gent
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gent Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gent census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Gent ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Gent Civil War Service Records
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