Handy Family History
Handy Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English hondi ‘skillful with
one’s hands’, ‘dextrous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Handy
Name Distribution of Handy Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Handy families
 107 - 212  36 - 106 |
 1 - 35  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Handy families
|
95 - 187 32 - 94 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Handy families
|
17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Handy census records
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Handy Family Origin
Handy Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Handy
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Handy Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Handy census records
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Handy Civil War Service Records
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