Cant Family History
Cant Name Meaning
Scottish: unexplained. The surname appears in Scottish records
from the 15th century; in at least one case it is believed to have
come from Flanders.Americanized spelling of German Kant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cant
Name Distribution of Cant Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cant families
 166 - 329  56 - 165 |
 1 - 55  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cant families
|
93 - 183 32 - 92 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cant census records
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Cant Family Origin
Cant Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cant Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Cant Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cant census records
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Military Service by Cant
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