Gemma Family History
- Gemma Name Meaning
- Italian (Tuscany and throughout the south): from the popular medieval female personal name Gemma (from gemma ‘gem’, ‘precious stone’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 8,055 Historical Documents with Gemma on Ancestry
- 3,646 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,509 Census and Voter Lists
- 390 Military Records
- 979 Immigration Records
- 1,531 Member Trees
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Number of Gemma families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
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
Gemma census records
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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 the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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