Tonge Family History
- Tonge Name Meaning
- English: variant spelling of Tong, also established in Ireland since the 17th century. German: from a reduced short form of the personal name Anton (see Anthony).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 159,111 Historical Documents with Tonge on Ancestry
- 78,958 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 30,256 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,748 Military Records
- 5,427 Immigration Records
- 41,722 Member Trees
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Number of Tonge families
 569 - 1,135  190 - 568 |
 1 - 189  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Tonge census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Tonge census records
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