Gentry Family History
Gentry Name Meaning
English: nickname, sometimes perhaps ironic, from Middle English,
Old French genterie ‘nobility of birth or character’. Compare
Gentle.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gentry
Name Distribution of Gentry Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gentry families
 230 - 457  77 - 229 |
 1 - 76  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gentry families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gentry census records
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Gentry Family Origin
Gentry Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gentry Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gentry census records
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Military Service by Gentry
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