Gentry Family History
Gentry Name Meaning
English: nickname, sometimes perhaps ironic, from Middle English,
Old French genterie ‘nobility of birth or character’. Compare
Gentle.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gentry
Name Distribution of Gentry Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gentry families
 240 - 478  81 - 239 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gentry families
|
230 - 457 77 - 229 |
1 - 76 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gentry families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gentry census records
You can see how Gentry families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Gentry Family Origin
Gentry Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Gentry families immigrated
to the United States.
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gentry
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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)
Gentry Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gentry census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Gentry ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Gentry Civil War Service Records
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