Meis Family History
- Meis Name Meaning
- German: variant of Meise. German: variant of Meiss. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Remeis, from the Latin personal name Remigius (see Remy), which was born by two early medieval bishops in Normandy. Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Meinso, a variant of Mein. Dutch: possibly a late variant of Mys (see Mis), or a metronymic from the personal name Clemeinse, Clementia, from the Latin female personal name Clementia (meaning ‘mercy’) or from a derivative of clemens ‘merciful’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 48,550 Historical Documents with Meis on Ancestry
- 19,605 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 6,773 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,393 Military Records
- 1,402 Immigration Records
- 19,377 Member Trees
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Number of Meis families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Meis families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Meis census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- Confederate
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- 4
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