Cherry Family History
- Cherry Name Meaning
- English: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks. Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 1,399,133 Historical Documents with Cherry on Ancestry
- 344,961 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 227,033 Census and Voter Lists
- 39,022 Military Records
- 17,673 Immigration Records
- 770,444 Member Trees
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Number of Cherry families
 252 - 501  85 - 251 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cherry families
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84 - 166 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cherry census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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