Kin Family History

Kin Name Meaning

English: from a Middle English personal name, Kin, Kinna, which is a shortened form of any of various Old English names beginning with Cyne ‘royal’, for example Cynesige (see Kinsey).Dutch: nickname for someone with a pointed or jutting chin.Dutch: from Middle Dutch kinne ‘kin’.Hungarian: nickname from kín ‘pain’.Variant of Korean Kim.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Name Distribution of Kin Families

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United States

England & Wales

Scotland

Number of Kin families

18 - 33

7 - 17

1 - 6

from the 1920 US Federal Census Data

Number of Kin families

9 - 16

4 - 8

1 - 3

from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data

Number of Kin families

3 - 3

2 - 2

from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

Kin census records

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Kin Family Origin

Ireland (21)

England (19)

Scotland (13)

Germany (12)

Great Britain (6)

Norway (6)

from the New York Passengers List

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Kin Immigration Information

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You can find out when most of the Kin families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.

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from the New York Passenger Lists

Average Life Expectancy for Kin

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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)

Kin Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Kin census records

Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Kin ancestors, such as occupation.

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Military Service by Kin

Did the Kins fight for the North or the South? Or not at all? Military records can tell you a lot about your ancestors including birthplace, occupation, and even physical descriptions.

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