Forge Family History
Forge Name Meaning
English and French: topographic name for someone who lived near a
forge or smithy, Middle English, Old French forge (from Latin
fabrica ‘workshop’, a derivative of faber ‘smith’,
‘workman’; compare Lefevre). The surname is thus in most cases
a metonymic occupational name for a smith or someone employed by a
smith.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Forge
Name Distribution of Forge Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Forge families
 39 - 75  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Forge last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Forge census records
You can see how Forge families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Forge Family Origin
Forge Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Forge families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Forge Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Forge census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Forge ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Forge
Message Board about Forge
4 Threads, 17
Messages
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Forge.
Threads: 4 - Messages: 17
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge in the UK |  | frogetit | 13 |
| looking for family | | 0 | |
| Re: Looking for (?) Robert Jackson | | megnich | 0 |
| Joseph Forge-Christina Louisa Forge-Catherine Forge | | GCreager5353 | 0 |
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