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Goves Family History

Goves Surname Meaning

from Gouvix in Calvados. Some of the following post-medieval bearers may alternatively belong with (2). perhaps in Devon alternatively a variant of Gove + post-medieval excrescent -s.

Compare John Gove 1588 in IGI (Iddesleigh Devon) with John Goves 1524 in Subsidy Rolls (Iddesleigh Devon).

But it may be that the name in (1) coincidentally appears along with Gove in the same parish.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Goves families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Goves family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Goves families were found in Canada in 1911. In 1891 there were 3 Goves families living in Oxfordshire. This was about 75% of all the recorded Goves's in United Kingdom. Oxfordshire had the highest population of Goves families in 1891.
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What did your Goves ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Goves. 84% of Goves women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    84%
  • Domestic Unpaid
    17%

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Passenger Lists

There are 321 immigration records available for the last name Goves. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 113 military records available for the last name Goves. For the veterans among your Goves ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Average Goves life expectancy in 1984 was 41 years. This was lower than the general public life expectancy which was 73.

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