Gil Family History
- Gil Name Meaning
- Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Dutch, and German: from the personal name Gil, from French Gille(s), from Latin Aegidius (see Giles). German: from Slavic gil ‘bullfinch’, probably a nickname for a simpleton.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 434,777 Historical Documents with Gil on Ancestry
- 355,694 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 22,653 Census and Voter Lists
- 11,660 Military Records
- 26,764 Immigration Records
- 18,006 Member Trees
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Number of Gil families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gil 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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