Lea Family History
Lea Name Meaning
English: variant spelling of Lee.Dutch: patronymic
from a Germanic personal name formed of the elements liut
‘people’, ‘tribe’ + hardi ‘strong’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lea
Name Distribution of Lea Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lea families
 52 - 102  18 - 51 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lea families
|
780 - 1,558 261 - 779 |
1 - 260 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lea families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lea census records
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Lea Family Origin
Lea Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lea
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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
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lea Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lea census records
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Lea Civil War Service Records
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