Early Family History
- Early Name Meaning
- Irish: translation of Gaelic Ó Mocháin (see Mohan; Gaelic moch means ‘early’ or ‘timely’), or of some other similar surname, for example Ó Mochóir, a shortened form of Ó Mochéirghe, Ó Maoil-Mhochéirghe, from a personal name meaning ‘early rising’. English: habitational name from any of various places, such as Earley in Berkshire and Arley in Cheshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire, which derive their names from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. English: nickname from Old English eorllic ‘manly’, ‘noble’, a derivative of eorl (see Earl). Americanized spelling of German Ehrle.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 574,877 Historical Documents with Early on Ancestry
- 171,217 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 106,046 Census and Voter Lists
- 22,486 Military Records
- 12,392 Immigration Records
- 262,736 Member Trees
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Number of Early families
 126 - 249  43 - 125 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Early families
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42 - 81 15 - 41 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Early 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
Early census records
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