Wise Family History
Wise Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wise or learned person, or in some
cases a nickname for someone suspected of being acquainted with the
occult arts, from Middle English wise ‘wise’ (Old English
wis). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs, a
nickname meaning ‘wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.Americanized form of German and Jewish Weiss ‘white’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wise
Name Distribution of Wise Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wise families
 662 - 1,322  221 - 661 |
 1 - 220  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wise families
|
10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wise census records
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Wise Family Origin
Wise Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wise Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Wise 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
Wise Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wise census records
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Military Service by Wise
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