Nash Family History
Nash Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an ash tree,
a variant of Ash by misdivision of Middle English atten
ash ‘at the ash’, or a habitational name from any of the many
places in England and Wales named Nash, from this phrase, as for
example Nash in Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, or Shropshire. The
name was established from an early date in Wales and Ireland.Jewish: of unknown origin, possibly an Americanized form of one or
more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Nash
Name Distribution of Nash Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Nash families
 359 - 716  120 - 358 |
 1 - 119  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nash families
|
1,619 - 3,236 540 - 1,618 |
1 - 539 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nash families
|
27 - 52 10 - 26 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Nash census records
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Nash Family Origin
Nash Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Nash families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Nash
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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
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Nash Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Nash census records
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Nash Civil War Service Records
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