Gann Family History
Gann Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of McGann.German: from the
personal name Gano, or, in Austria, a short form of
Candidus, a personal name from Latin candidus ‘bright’,
‘white’, ‘clear’, ‘beautiful’ (see Kann).German:
topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree,
Middle High German gant.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gann
Name Distribution of Gann Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gann families
 57 - 112  20 - 56 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gann families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gann census records
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Gann Family Origin
Gann Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gann Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gann census records
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Military Service by Gann
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