Graves Family History
Graves Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Grave 1.French:
topographic name from the plural of Old French grave ‘gravel’
(see Grave).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Graves
Name Distribution of Graves Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Graves families
 448 - 894  150 - 447 |
 1 - 149  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Graves families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Graves census records
You can see how Graves families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Graves Family Origin
Graves Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Graves families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Graves Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Graves census records
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Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Graves
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