Kies Family History
- Kies Name Meaning
- German: from Middle High German kis ‘gravel’, ‘low grade iron ore’, hence probably a topographic name for someone living on land characterized by coarse sand and pebbles or an occupational nickname for an iron smelter.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 80,545 Historical Documents with Kies on Ancestry
- 39,435 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 9,586 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,505 Military Records
- 1,391 Immigration Records
- 27,628 Member Trees
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Number of Kies families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kies 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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