Silas Family History
Silas Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Silas, a vernacular form
of Latin Silvanus (see Silvano).Hungarian
(Szilas): from the old Hungarian personal name Szilas,
or from a pet form of the ecclasiastical names Szilveszter or
Szilvánusz (see Silvester, Silvano).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Silas
Name Distribution of Silas Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Silas families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Silas census records
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Silas Family Origin
Silas Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Silas Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Silas census records
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Military Service by Silas
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