Kersey Family History
Kersey Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kersey in Suffolk, recorded in
Domesday Book as Careseia, probably from Old English
cærs ‘watercress’ + eg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land
in a marsh’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kersey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kersey families
 47 - 91  16 - 46 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kersey families
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109 - 216 37 - 108 |
1 - 36 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kersey families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kersey Family Origin
Kersey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Kersey
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Kersey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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