Bliss Family History
Bliss Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English
blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blythe 1.English (of
Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in
Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis and of
unknown origin. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire was named
after a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county
from the 13th century.German: nickname for a cheerful person,
from Middle High German blide ‘happy’, ‘friendly’. Compare
1.Americanized spelling of French Blois.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bliss
Name Distribution of Bliss Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bliss families
 206 - 410  69 - 205 |
 1 - 68  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bliss families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bliss Family Origin
Bliss Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bliss Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bliss Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Bliss
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