222 documented Church ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English topographic name for someone who lived by a church.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 218 Church records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Robert, Mary, William, John and Walter.
Of the 219 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 76 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Lucina C. Church, born 1824.
Documented Church families on this page come from The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa.
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Deceased Church ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English topographic name for someone who lived by a church.
The documented line here reaches back to 1824. Most Church lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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