Sawhney Family History
- Sawhney Name Meaning
- Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name, said to mean ‘commander’ and ‘companion’, based on the name of a Khatri clan.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 1,123 Historical Documents with Sawhney on Ancestry
- 757 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 79 Census and Voter Lists
- 41 Military Records
- 208 Immigration Records
- 38 Member Trees
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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