Kirby Family History
Kirby Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in
northern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja
‘church’ + býr ‘settlement’.Irish: adopted as an
English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of
Ciarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare
Kerwick.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kirby
Name Distribution of Kirby Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kirby families
 895 - 1,788  299 - 894 |
 1 - 298  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kirby families
|
19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kirby census records
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Kirby Family Origin
Kirby Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Kirby families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Kirby Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Kirby families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Kirby Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Kirby census records
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Military Service by Kirby
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