Block Family History
- Block Name Meaning
- German and Dutch: from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks. English: possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 753,436 Historical Documents with Block on Ancestry
- 317,414 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 160,550 Census and Voter Lists
- 35,187 Military Records
- 35,544 Immigration Records
- 204,741 Member Trees
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Number of Block families
 447 - 892  150 - 446 |
 1 - 149  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Block families
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136 - 270 46 - 135 |
1 - 45 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Block families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 263
- Confederate
- 91
- Union
- 172
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