Lilly Family History
Lilly Name Meaning
from a pet form of the female personal name
Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.nickname for someone
with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English
lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent
Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In
English and other languages there has also been some confusion with
forms of Giles.habitational name from places called
Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was
named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from lin ‘flax’ +
leah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old
English Lillingleah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an
Old English personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lilly
Name Distribution of Lilly Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lilly families
 146 - 289  49 - 145 |
 1 - 48  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lilly families
|
36 - 70 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lilly census records
You can see how Lilly families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Lilly Family Origin
Lilly Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Lilly families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lilly Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Lilly families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
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
Lilly Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lilly census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Lilly ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Lilly
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