Leary Family History
Leary Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoghaire,
‘descendant of Laoghaire’ (see O’Leary ).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Leary
Name Distribution of Leary Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Leary families
 397 - 792  133 - 396 |
 1 - 132  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Leary families
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461 - 920 154 - 460 |
1 - 153 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leary families
|
22 - 41 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Leary census records
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Leary Family Origin
Leary Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Leary
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Leary Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Leary census records
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Leary Civil War Service Records
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