Grandjean Family History
- Grandjean Name Meaning
- French: from French grand ‘tall’, ‘large’ + Jean (French equivalent of John), hence a nickname (‘Big John’), or a distinguishing name for the older of two bearers of the same personal name. As a nickname it may have been applied in a literal or ironical sense, or as a means of distinguishing between members of the same family with a common personal name. This is a common name in Switzerland, and in some instances may have been brought to the U.S. from there.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 46,786 Historical Documents with Grandjean on Ancestry
- 29,325 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,916 Census and Voter Lists
- 659 Military Records
- 2,155 Immigration Records
- 11,731 Member Trees
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Number of Grandjean families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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