Band Family History
- Band Name Meaning
- English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’. Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 210,867 Historical Documents with Band on Ancestry
- 122,462 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 32,743 Census and Voter Lists
- 20,854 Military Records
- 5,320 Immigration Records
- 29,488 Member Trees
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Number of Band families
 40 - 77  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Band families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Band census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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