Provost Family History
Provost Name Meaning
English: from Middle English provost ‘provost’, an
occupational name for the head of a religious chapter or educational
establishment, or, since such officials were usually clergy and
celibate, a nickname for a self-important person.French:
northern and western form of Prevost.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Provost
Name Distribution of Provost Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Provost families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Provost families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Provost census records
You can see how Provost families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Provost Family Origin
Provost Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Provost families immigrated
to the United States.
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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 New York Passenger Lists
Provost Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Provost census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Provost ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Provost
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