Gries Family History
Gries Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived in a sandy
place, from Middle High German griez ‘sand’.Perhaps a
reduced form of German Griese.
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Name Distribution of Gries Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gries families
 25 - 48  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gries families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gries families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gries census records
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Gries Family Origin
Gries Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gries
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Gries Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gries census records
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Gries Civil War Service Records
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