Priest Family History
Priest Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): from Middle English pr(i)est
‘minister of the Church’ (Old English preost, from Latin
presbyter, Greek presbyteros ‘elder’, ‘counselor’,
comparative of presbys ‘old man’), used as a nickname, either
for someone with a pious manner or possibly for someone who had played
the part of a priest in a pageant. It may also have been an
occupational name for someone in the service of a priest, and
occasionally it may have been used to denote someone suspected of
being the son of a priest.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Priest
Name Distribution of Priest Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Priest families
 300 - 597  101 - 299 |
 1 - 100  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Priest families
|
32 - 61 11 - 31 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Priest census records
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Priest Family Origin
Priest Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Priest Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Priest 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
Priest Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Priest census records
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Military Service by Priest
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