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Sylvan Name Meaning
Altered spelling of French Sylvain. IGI.Swedish:
derivative of the Latin adjective sylvanus ‘of or pertaining to
forest’, used as a translation of Swedish skog ‘forest’, for
any of several Swedish vernacular names of which this word was a
component.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sylvan
Name Distribution of Sylvan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sylvan families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sylvan families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sylvan families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sylvan census records
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Sylvan Family Origin
Sylvan Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sylvan
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Sylvan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sylvan census records
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Sylvan Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Sylvan
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Max Sylvan, Jennie Sylvan, Harry Sylvan |  | David Valencia | 0 |
| Amanda Sylvan of Biddeford, Maine c1910 related to Cloutier | | Kathyoz1 | 2 |
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