Gillen Family History
Gillen Name Meaning
Irish: variant spelling of Gillan or reduced form of
McGillen.Dutch: patronymic from Gil, a personal
name that is a much reduced and altered vernacular form of Latin
Aegidius (see Giles).German: variant of
Gilbert. See also Gille 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gillen
Name Distribution of Gillen Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gillen families
 18 - 33  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gillen families
|
31 - 60 11 - 30 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gillen census records
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Gillen Family Origin
Gillen Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gillen Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gillen census records
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Military Service by Gillen
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