Cantu Family History
Cantu Name Meaning
Mexican (Cantú): probably a habitational name from
Cantù in Italy. This surname is extremely frequent in Mexico, but
rare elsewhere. IGI has 0 examples from Spain; 4700 from Mexico; and
just 22 from Como, Italy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cantu
Name Distribution of Cantu Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cantu census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Cantu surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Cantu Family Origin
Cantu Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Cantu families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cantu Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cantu census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Cantu ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Cantu
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