Hershey Family History
Hershey Name Meaning
Jewish (American): Americanized form of various like-sounding
Ashkenazic Jewish names, see for example Hershkowitz.English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Hercé or
Hercy in Mayenne, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hershey
Name Distribution of Hershey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hershey families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hershey census records
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Hershey Family Origin
Hershey Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hershey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hershey census records
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Military Service by Hershey
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