Hennessy Family History
Hennessy Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Hennessy, an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó hAonghusa ‘descendant of Aonghus’ (see
Angus, and compare McGinnis).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hennessy
Name Distribution of Hennessy Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hennessy families
 74 - 145  25 - 73 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hennessy families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hennessy census records
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Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Hennessy Family Origin
Hennessy Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Hennessy 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
Hennessy Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Hennessy families immigrated
to Australia.
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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 Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Hennessy Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hennessy census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Hennessy ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Hennessy
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