Gillan Family History
Gillan Name Meaning
reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Giolláin, from a diminutive of giolla ‘lad’.reduced
form of Gilliland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gillan
Name Distribution of Gillan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gillan families
 36 - 69  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gillan families
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32 - 61 11 - 31 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gillan families
|
230 - 458 77 - 229 |
1 - 76 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gillan census records
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Gillan Family Origin
Gillan Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gillan
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Gillan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gillan census records
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Gillan Civil War Service Records
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