Sullivan Family History
Sullivan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Sullivan, an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Súileabháin ‘descendant of
Súileabhán’, a personal name composed of the elements
súil ‘eye’ + dubh ‘black’, ‘dark’ + the diminutive
suffix -án.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sullivan
Name Distribution of Sullivan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sullivan families
 2,478 - 4,954  827 - 2,477 |
 1 - 826  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sullivan families
|
124 - 245 42 - 123 |
1 - 41 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sullivan census records
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Sullivan Family Origin
Sullivan Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Sullivan families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Sullivan Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Sullivan 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
Sullivan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Sullivan census records
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Military Service by Sullivan
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