Kraus Family History
Kraus Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with curly
hair, from Middle High German krus ‘curly’, ‘crinkly’,
German kraus.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kraus
Name Distribution of Kraus Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kraus families
 239 - 476  80 - 238 |
 1 - 79  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kraus families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kraus families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kraus census records
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Kraus Family Origin
Kraus Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kraus
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kraus Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kraus census records
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Kraus Civil War Service Records
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