Clay Family History
Clay Name Meaning
English: from Old English cl?g ‘clay’, applied as a
topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil or as a
metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see
Clayman).Americanized spelling of German
Klee.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Clay
Name Distribution of Clay Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clay families
 676 - 1,350  226 - 675 |
 1 - 225  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Clay families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Clay census records
You can see how Clay families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Clay Family Origin
Clay Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Clay families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Clay Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Clay families immigrated
to Australia.
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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
Clay Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Clay census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Clay ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Clay
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