Host Family History
Host Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an innkeeper, from Middle
English, Old French (h)oste ‘host’, ‘guest’.Danish (Høst): nickname from høst ‘harvest’,
‘autumn’ (see Herbst).French: from Old French
ost ‘army’, hence an occupational name for a soldier.Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Austa, meaning
‘east’.German: habitational name from either of two places
called Host, near Koblenz and near Bitburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Host
Name Distribution of Host Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Host families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Host families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Host families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Host census records
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Host Family Origin
Host Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Host families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Host
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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)
Host Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Host census records
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Host Civil War Service Records
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