Daves Family History
- Daves Name Meaning
- Probably a variant spelling of Davis or Davies. Americanized spelling of German Tewes or Däves, from reduced forms of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 146,676 Historical Documents with Daves on Ancestry
- 41,321 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 36,284 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,025 Military Records
- 3,607 Immigration Records
- 61,439 Member Trees
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Number of Daves families
 117 - 231  40 - 116 |
 1 - 39  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Daves families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Daves 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 1881 UK Census Data
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