Ormsby Family History
Ormsby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ormsby in Lincolnshire and North
Yorkshire, or Ormesby in Norfolk, all named from the genitive case of
the Old Norse personal name Ormr (see Orme 1) + Old
Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ormsby
Name Distribution of Ormsby Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ormsby families
 58 - 113  20 - 57 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ormsby families
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66 - 129 23 - 65 |
1 - 22 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ormsby families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ormsby census records
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Ormsby Family Origin
Ormsby Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Ormsby
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Ormsby Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Ormsby census records
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Ormsby Civil War Service Records
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