Jolly Family History
Jolly Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and French: nickname for someone of a cheerful
or attractive disposition, from Middle English, Old French
joli(f) ‘merry’, ‘happy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Jolly
Name Distribution of Jolly Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jolly families
 484 - 965  162 - 483 |
 1 - 161  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jolly families
|
84 - 166 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jolly census records
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Jolly Family Origin
Jolly Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Jolly Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Jolly census records
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Military Service by Jolly
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