Posey Family History
Posey Name Meaning
Possibly an altered spelling of German Pose (or Poser
2), a habitational name from Posa or Poserna, south of Merseburg, or a
topographic name from Middle Low German pose ‘lump’, ‘pile’
(from which the place names may also derive).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Posey
Name Distribution of Posey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Posey families
 124 - 246  42 - 123 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Posey families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Posey census records
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Posey Family Origin
Posey Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Posey
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Posey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Posey census records
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Posey Civil War Service Records
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