Hershey Family History
Hershey Name Meaning
Jewish (American): Americanized form of various like-sounding
Ashkenazic Jewish names, see for example Hershkowitz.English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Hercé or
Hercy in Mayenne, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hershey
Name Distribution of Hershey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hershey families
 224 - 446  75 - 223 |
 1 - 74  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hershey families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Hershey last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hershey census records
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Hershey Family Origin
Hershey Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hershey
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hershey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hershey census records
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Hershey Civil War Service Records
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