Gerlach Family History
Gerlach Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from the personal name Gerlach,
composed of the elements ger, gar ‘spear’ +
lach, a cognate of Old High German leich ‘sport’,
‘play’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental adoption of the
German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gerlach
Name Distribution of Gerlach Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gerlach families
 64 - 126  22 - 63 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gerlach families
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15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gerlach families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gerlach census records
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Gerlach Family Origin
Gerlach Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gerlach
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Gerlach Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gerlach census records
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