Lim Family History
Lim Name Meaning
English: variant of Lum.Dutch: perhaps from a short
form of a Germanic personal name, Lieman or Liemaar.Korean: variant of Im.Chinese :
Fujian variant of Lin 1.Filipino: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lim
Name Distribution of Lim Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lim families
 68 - 133  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lim families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lim families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lim census records
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Lim Family Origin
Lim Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lim
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lim Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lim census records
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Lim Civil War Service Records
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