Gore Family History
Gore Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for
example in Kent and Wiltshire, named Gore, from Old English
gara ‘triangular piece of land’ (a derivative of
gar ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a
spearhead).French: nickname for a gluttonous and idle
individual, from Old French gore ‘sow’ (of allegedly imitative
origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gore
Name Distribution of Gore Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gore families
 572 - 1,141  191 - 571 |
 1 - 190  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gore families
|
22 - 42 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gore census records
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Gore Family Origin
Gore Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gore Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Gore Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gore census records
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Military Service by Gore
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