Dross Family History
- Dross Name Meaning
- German: variant of Droste. This name is also found in Germany as a Huguenot name, from French Droz. German: variant of Tross. Perhaps an altered spelling of Dros, a Dutch variant of Drost.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 17,121 Historical Documents with Dross on Ancestry
- 10,171 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,016 Census and Voter Lists
- 813 Military Records
- 465 Immigration Records
- 2,656 Member Trees
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Number of Dross families
 3 - 3  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dross 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
Dross census records
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