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Lem Name Meaning
Dutch and Scandinavian: from a short form of the personal name
Lambrecht or Lempert (see Lambert).English: probably a variant of Lim (see Lui).Southeast Asian:
unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lem
Name Distribution of Lem Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lem families
 37 - 71  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lem families
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13 - 23 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lem families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lem census records
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Lem Family Origin
Lem Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lem
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Lem Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lem census records
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Lem Civil War Service Records
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Emma Lem |  | Lesley Dougherty | 0 |
| OBIT: Chrisopher Lem 1965-2005; Wisconsin | | jasche | 0 |
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