Yankee Family History
Yankee Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of Dutch or North German Janke, Jahnke, or Jenke.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Yankee Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Yankee families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Yankee census records
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Yankee Family Origin
Average Life Expectancy for Yankee
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Yankee Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Yankee census records
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Yankee Civil War Service Records
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