Gelvin Family History
- Gelvin Name Meaning
- Probably a variant of Irish Galvin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 16,426 Historical Documents with Gelvin on Ancestry
- 4,148 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,512 Census and Voter Lists
- 737 Military Records
- 275 Immigration Records
- 7,754 Member Trees
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Number of Gelvin families
 4 - 6  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gelvin last name |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Gelvin census records
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Gelvin census records
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