Ries Family History
- Ries Name Meaning
- South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a Germanic personal name, but mainly a nickname for an exceptionally tall or big man, Middle High German rise, German Riese ‘giant’. In some cases the name may have been used to refer ironically to a particularly short man. South German: habitational name from any of several places named Ries. German: topographic name from Middle Low German ris ‘branch’, ‘twig’, ‘brushwood’. Altered spelling of German Riess or Reis.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 321,314 Historical Documents with Ries on Ancestry
- 145,594 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 34,511 Census and Voter Lists
- 15,839 Military Records
- 9,449 Immigration Records
- 115,921 Member Trees
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Number of Ries families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ries families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ries 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
Ries census records
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