Lesnik Family History
- Lesnik Name Meaning
- Polish (Lesnik): occupational name for a forester, Polish lesnik, an agent noun derived from les, dialect form of standard Polish las ‘forest’. Slovenian: topographic name from les ‘forest’, ‘bushes’. Slovenian (Lešnik): nickname or topographic name from lešnik ‘hazelnut’ or lešje ‘hazel trees’, or a habitational name for someone from a place called Lešje, named with this word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,870 Historical Documents with Lesnik on Ancestry
- 3,276 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,059 Census and Voter Lists
- 206 Military Records
- 693 Immigration Records
- 636 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Lesnik census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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