Elfman Family History
- Elfman Name Meaning
- German (Elfmann): habitational name for someone from a place called Elvede or Elbe. German (Elfmann): from a short form of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements alf ‘ghost’ + man ‘man’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic):
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 9,605 Historical Documents with Elfman on Ancestry
- 3,809 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,954 Census and Voter Lists
- 494 Military Records
- 768 Immigration Records
- 2,580 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Elfman 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
Elfman census records
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