Gift Family History
Gift Name Meaning
English: possibly from the vocabulary word gift used as
a personal name, in the sense ‘gift of God’, with reference to a
child. Compare Theodore. However, the name is most common in
Cornwall and may be of Cornish origin.German:
unexplained. EG Apparently an unflattering nickname meaning
‘poison’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gift
Name Distribution of Gift Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gift families
 55 - 107  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gift families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gift last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gift census records
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Gift Family Origin
Gift Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gift
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gift Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gift census records
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Gift Civil War Service Records
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