Clair Family History
Clair Name Meaning
French: from the personal name Clair (Latin Clarus
‘illustrious’), which was borne by a 3rd-century bishop of Nantes and
by the 4th-century St. Clair of Aquitaine.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Clair
Name Distribution of Clair Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clair families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Clair families
|
11 - 19 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Clair census records
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Clair Family Origin
Clair Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Clair Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Clair census records
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Military Service by Clair
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