Rua Family History
- Rua Name Meaning
- Galician (Rúa): habitational name from any of the numerous places in Galicia so named, from rua ‘street’. Italian: when not of Spanish origin, a topographic name from Sicilian ruga ‘road’, or a habitational name from any of various places named Rua, as for example the locality so named in San Pietro di Feletto in Teviso province. The form Ruà, typical of Piedmont, relates to a district of Pragelato in Torino province or to Ruà del Prato in Dronero, Cuneo province.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 28,726 Historical Documents with Rua on Ancestry
- 18,894 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,728 Census and Voter Lists
- 452 Military Records
- 2,566 Immigration Records
- 3,086 Member Trees
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Number of Rua families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rua families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rua 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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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rua census records
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- Confederate
- Union
- 1
from the Civil War Service Records
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