Bischoff Family History
- Bischoff Name Meaning
- German: from Middle High German bischof, Middle Low German bischop ‘bishop’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with a pompous manner or as a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a bishop. See also Bishop.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 350,876 Historical Documents with Bischoff on Ancestry
- 222,292 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 28,164 Census and Voter Lists
- 14,695 Military Records
- 13,194 Immigration Records
- 72,531 Member Trees
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Number of Bischoff families
 93 - 184  32 - 92 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bischoff families
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13 - 24 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bischoff families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Bischoff
- 82
- Confederate
- 17
- Union
- 65
from the Civil War Service Records
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