Fern Family History
Fern Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a place where
there was an abundance of ferns, from Old English fearn ‘fern’
(sometimes used as a collective noun).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fern
Name Distribution of Fern Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fern families
 100 - 197  34 - 99 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fern families
|
25 - 48 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fern census records
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Fern Family Origin
Fern Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Fern families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Fern Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Fern census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Fern ancestors, such as occupation.
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Military Service by Fern
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