Pries Family History
- Pries Name Meaning
- habitational name from places such as Priesen or Priessen in eastern Germany, probably named with the Slavic topographic element bris- ‘birch’. perhaps a nickname from Middle High German prise ‘praiseworthy’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 78,855 Historical Documents with Pries on Ancestry
- 40,753 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 14,248 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,547 Military Records
- 3,044 Immigration Records
- 17,263 Member Trees
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Number of Pries families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Pries 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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