Meiss Family History
Meiss Name Meaning
German: topographic name from Middle High German meiss
‘felling area’, ‘felled timber’.
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Name Distribution of Meiss Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Meiss families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Meiss families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Meiss census records
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Meiss Family Origin
Meiss Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Meiss
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Meiss Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Meiss census records
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Meiss Civil War Service Records
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