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Hesse Name Meaning
German and Dutch: variant of Hess.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hesse
Name Distribution of Hesse Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hesse families
 70 - 137  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hesse families
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39 - 75 14 - 38 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hesse families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hesse census records
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Hesse Family Origin
Hesse Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Hesse families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hesse
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hesse Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hesse census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Hesse ancestors, such as occupation.
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Hesse Civil War Service Records
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