Maris Family History
- Maris Name Meaning
- English: variant spelling of Mares 2. Dutch: variant of Mares 3. Dutch and Belgian (van Maris): habitational name for someone from Merris in French Flanders or possibly from Maris in Dutch Limburg. Greek: probably a metronymic from the female personal name Maria.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 173,508 Historical Documents with Maris on Ancestry
- 60,747 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 26,145 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,634 Military Records
- 4,487 Immigration Records
- 78,495 Member Trees
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Number of Maris families
 39 - 76  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Maris families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Maris 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
Maris census records
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