Poe Family History
Poe Name Meaning
English: nickname from Old Norse pá ‘peacock’ (see
Peacock). This surname is also established in Ireland.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Poe
Name Distribution of Poe Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Poe families
 93 - 183  32 - 92 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Poe families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Poe families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Poe census records
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Poe Family Origin
Poe Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Poe
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Poe Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Poe Civil War Service Records
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