Lyness Family History
Lyness Name Meaning
Northern English and Irish: in part at least, probably a variant
spelling of Lines. It was taken to County Armagh, Ireland, in
the 17th century and is now found chiefly in counties Antrim and Down,
where it is sometimes used for Mac Aleenan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lyness
Name Distribution of Lyness Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lyness families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lyness families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lyness census records
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Lyness Family Origin
Lyness Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lyness Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lyness census records
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Military Service by Lyness
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