Kress Family History
- Kress Name Meaning
- from a much altered pet form of the personal name Erasmus, a Latinized form of Greek erasmos ‘loved’ (see Rasmus). from a much altered pet form of the personal name Christian. from Middle High German kresse ‘gudgeon’, hence probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman. unflattering nickname for a greedy person, from Old High German krassig, gratag ‘greedy’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 245,968 Historical Documents with Kress on Ancestry
- 131,881 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 30,876 Census and Voter Lists
- 14,561 Military Records
- 6,215 Immigration Records
- 62,435 Member Trees
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Number of Kress families
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 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kress families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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