Chain Family History
Chain Name Meaning
French: from Old French chain, a device for catching birds,
possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher
or a hunter. In some cases it may be an American spelling of the
French topographic surname Chêne (see Chene).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chain
Name Distribution of Chain Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chain families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chain families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chain census records
You can see how Chain families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Chain Family Origin
Chain Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Chain emigration records
You can find out when most of the Chain 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
Chain Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Chain families immigrated
to Australia.
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 Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Chain Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Chain census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Chain ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Chain
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