Wales Family History
Wales Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from Wale 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wales
Name Distribution of Wales Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wales families
 86 - 169  29 - 85 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wales families
|
275 - 547 92 - 274 |
1 - 91 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wales families
|
78 - 153 27 - 77 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wales census records
You can see how Wales families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Wales Family Origin
Wales Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Wales families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wales
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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)
Wales Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wales census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Wales ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Wales Civil War Service Records
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