Haig Family History
Haig Name Meaning
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of
various places in northern France named with Old Norse hagi
‘enclosure’, a word with cognates in most Germanic languages. Compare
Hay.English: variant spelling of Haigh.Irish
(County Cavan): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thaidhg
(see McCaig).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Haig
Name Distribution of Haig Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Haig families
 39 - 75  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Haig families
|
38 - 73 13 - 37 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Haig families
|
141 - 279 48 - 140 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Haig census records
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Haig Family Origin
Haig Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Haig
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Haig Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Haig census records
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Haig Civil War Service Records
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