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Harness Name Meaning
English: from a Norman personal name (Old German
Arn(e)gis, Old French Erneïs, (H)ernaïs).English: occupational name for a maker of harness or suits of
mail, from Middle English harnais ‘harness’ (Old French
harneis ‘equipment’, ‘accoutrements (of a soldier or horse)’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Harness
Name Distribution of Harness Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harness families
 29 - 55  10 - 28 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Harness families
|
78 - 153 27 - 77 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harness families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Harness census records
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Harness Family Origin
Harness Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Harness
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Harness Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Harness census records
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