Galway Family History
Galway Name Meaning
Irish: probably a variant of Scottish Galloway, rather than
a habitational name from the place of this name in southern
Connacht. During the Middle Ages Galways were wealthy merchants on the
south coast of Ireland, but now the name is largely confined to
Ulster.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Galway
Name Distribution of Galway Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Galway families
 20 - 38  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Galway families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Galway census records
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Galway Family Origin
Galway Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Galway Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Galway census records
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Military Service by Galway
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