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Family History & Genealogy

The Church Family

222 documented Church ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

222Documented ancestors
1770Earliest record
10Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Church

English topographic name for someone who lived by a church.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

The documented line

Church ancestors in the record

Deceased Church ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

This line reaches back to Susanna Church, about 1770 in Pennsylvania, USA. Who came before? The documented build follows the branches you can't see yet. Trace this line →
Susanna Church
1770 – 1853
Pennsylvania, USA
m. Heinrich (Henry) Dellinger
Paul Church
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Jesse Church
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Niles Church
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Walter Church
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Roscoe M Church
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Zetta Church
1884 – 1972
Iowa
Bessie Church
1884 – 1975
Iowa
Ray Church
1885 – 1970
Iowa
William Church
1886 – 1972
Iowa
Ray Church
1886 – 1976
Iowa
Daisy D Church
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Carrie Church
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Anna Church
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Edna Church
1888 – 1982
Iowa
Marie Church
1888 – 1964
Iowa
Alonzo Church
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Arley Church
1889 – 1970
Iowa
John Church
1889 – 1974
Iowa
Cecile M Church
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Stanley Church
1889 – 1970
Iowa
Walter Church
1889 – 1983
Iowa
Fred Church
1889 – 1983
Ames
Harry Church
1890 – 1975
Iowa
Irvin Church
1890 – 1965
Iowa
Ellen Church
1891 – 1984
Iowa
Pluma Church
1891 – 1990
Iowa
Leo Church
1891 – 1967
Iowa
Pauline Church
1891 – 1976
Iowa
Wanda Church
1892 – 1969
Iowa
Roy Church
1892 – 1975
Iowa
Joseph Church
1892 – 1974
Iowa
Lloyd Church
1892 – 1977
Iowa
Ethel Church
1893 – 1977
Iowa
Lyman Church
1893 – 1971
Iowa
Howard Church
1894 – 1979
Iowa
Flaudia M Church
1894 – 1996
Iowa
Minnie Church
1894 – 1987
Iowa
Elmer Church
1894 – 1963
Iowa
Helen Church
1895 – 1970
Iowa
Charlie F Church
1895 – 1992
Iowa
Enid Church
1895 – 1984
Iowa
Myrtle Church
1895 – 1976
Iowa
Fred Church
1896 – 1969
Iowa
Mabl M Church
1896 – 1989
Iowa
Ruth Church
1898 – 1977
Iowa
Blanche Church
1898 – 1992
Iowa
Harry Church
1898 – 1967
Iowa
George Church
1898 – 1970
Iowa
Edward Church
1899 – 1972
Iowa
Inez Church
1899 – 1987
Iowa
Marie Church
1899 – 1975
Iowa
Mary Church
1899 – 1985
Iowa
Twyla Church
1900 – 1983
Iowa
Burr Church
1900 – 1993
Iowa
Augusta Church
1900 – 1987
Iowa
Louise Church
1900 – 1981
Iowa
James R Church
1901 – 1994
Iowa
Frank Church
1902 – 1974
Iowa
Clarence E Church
1903 – 1988
Iowa
J Church
1903 – 1987
Iowa
Eldie Church
1903 – 1966
Iowa
Sally Church
1903 – 1983
Iowa
Ellen Church
1904 – 1965
Cresco
Norman Church
1905 – 1971
Iowa
Ralph Church
1905 – 1986
Iowa
William Church
1905 – 1984
Iowa
Theodore Church
1907 – 1966
Iowa
Dent Church
1907 – 1970
Iowa
Mary Church
1907 – 1978
Iowa
Edith V Church
1908 – 1993
Iowa
William Church
1908 – 1982
Iowa
Pearl Church
1908 – 1982
Iowa
Marjorie Church
1908 – 1988
Iowa
Stanley W Church
1908 – 1996
Iowa
Charlotte Church
1909 – 1973
Iowa
Albert F Church
1909 – 1990
Iowa
Estella M Church
1909 – 1990
Iowa
Byron Church
1910 – 1972
Iowa
Dorothy R Church
1910 – 2002
Iowa
Alice Church
1910 – 1985
Iowa
Vinita Church
1911 – 1986
Iowa
Harold Church
1911 – 1976
Iowa
V Irene I Church
1911 – 2002
Iowa
Merlene Church
1912 – 1990
Iowa
Hattie A Church
1912 – 2004
Iowa
Evelyn G Church
1912 – 2002
Iowa
Frances Church
1912 – 1992
Iowa
Evelyn Church
1913 – 1987
Iowa
Kenneth Church
1913 – 2007
Iowa
Harold W Church
1913 – 1993
Iowa
Wayne Church
1913 – 1987
Iowa
Robert Church
1913 – 1976
Iowa
Floyd Church
1913 – 1970
Iowa
Michael Church
1913 – 1985
Iowa
Clara Church
1914 – 1998
Iowa
Vera L Church
1914 – 1998
Iowa
Esther Church
1914 – 1987
Iowa
Wilbur Church
1914 – 1970
Iowa
Julius H Church
1915 – 2005
Iowa
Gilbert Church
1915 – 1984
Iowa
Everett Church
1915 – 1967
Iowa
Donald Church
1915 – 1981
Iowa
Belva Church
1915 – 1986
Iowa
Lucille Church
1916 – 2012
Iowa
Nadine Church
1916 – 1984
Iowa
Helen L Church
1916 – 2007
Iowa
Lester Church
1917 – 1972
Iowa
Nathan Church
1917 – 1986
Iowa
Donald Church
1917 – 1973
Iowa
Ralph W Church
1917 – 1980
Iowa
Gladys I Church
1917 – 1994
Iowa
Virginia Church
1917 – 1985
Iowa
Leard Church
1918 – 1984
Iowa
Clifford L Church
1918 – 2005
Iowa
Glenn Church
1918 – 1977
Iowa
Ralph Church
1918 – 1969
Iowa
Agnes L Church
1918 – 2002
Iowa
Harold C Church
1918 – 1991
Iowa
Charles R Church
1918 – 1999
Iowa
Emma R Church
1919 – 2009
Iowa
Joyce M Church
1919 – 2005
Iowa
Raymond E Church
1919 – 2007
Iowa
Zella A Church
1920 – 1993
Iowa
Robert W Church
1920 – 1993
Iowa
Emma Church
1920 – 1986
Iowa
Cecil R Church
1920 – 2010
Iowa
Thomas Church
1920 – 1979
Iowa
Mabel A Church
1920 – 2008
Iowa
Genevieve L Church
1920 – 1988
Iowa
Louie M Church
1920 – 2001
Iowa
Martin E Church
1920 – 2002
Iowa
Charles R Church
1920 – 2000
Iowa
Alma M Church
1920 – 1999
Iowa
Alice I Church
1920 – 1991
Iowa
Alo M Church
1920 – 2006
Iowa
Kenneth R Church
1921 – 1989
Iowa
Mary E Church
1921 – 1996
Iowa
Edward J Church
1921 – 1997
Iowa
Alvin Church
1921 – 1983
Iowa
Mary P Church
1921 – 1999
Iowa
Robert E Church
1921 – 2003
Iowa
Rolland C Church
1921 – 2001
Iowa
John W Church
1921 – 2010
Iowa
Marguerite Church
1922 – 1987
Iowa
Jean P Church
1922 – 2004
Iowa
Chrystell M Church
1922 – 2011
Iowa
James W Church
1922 – 2000
Iowa
Norma Church
1922 – 1964
Iowa
Dorothy A Church
1922 – 1996
Iowa
Nadine R Church
1923 – 2011
Iowa
Betty M Church
1924 – 1997
Iowa
Mary A Church
1924 – 2007
Iowa
Howard R Church
1925 – 1995
Iowa
Lucille L Church
1925 – 1995
Iowa
Robert E Church
1925 – 2008
Iowa
Beverly J Church
1925 – 1999
Iowa
Lola M Church
1925 – 2005
Iowa
Elva M Church
1926 – 2003
Iowa
Mary E Church
1926 – 1995
Iowa
Colleen A Church
1926 – 1991
Iowa
Barton Church
1926 – 2013
Lamoni
Glen A Church
1927 – 1998
Iowa
William D Church
1927 – 1996
Iowa
Victor Church
1927 – 1978
Iowa
Richard J Church
1927 – 2009
Iowa
Walter P Church
1928 – 2001
Iowa
Larry Church
1928 – 1996
Iowa
Maynard M Church
1928 – 1993
Iowa
Bonnie Church
1928 – 2012
Iowa
Charles W Church
1928 – 2008
Iowa
W Church
1928 – 2006
Iowa
Madeline F Church
1929 – 2007
Iowa
Delaine E Church
1929 – 2003
Iowa
Jeannine J Church
1929 – 2000
Iowa
Richard L Church
1929 – 2001
Iowa
E M Church
1929 – 1987
Iowa
Pamela A Church
1929 – 2007
Iowa
Dona R Church
1930 – 1992
Iowa
Elsie Church
1931 – 2010
Iowa
Shirley J Church
1931 – 2005
Iowa
Bessie L Church
1931 – 1992
Iowa
Willa M Church
1931 – 2009
Iowa
Beulah Church
1931 – 1994
Iowa
John F Church
1932 – 1993
Iowa
Lloyd W Church
1932 – 1997
Iowa
Allan F Church
1932 – 2003
Iowa
B M Church
1932 – 1991
Iowa
Jessie E Church
1932 – 1997
Iowa
Robert A Church
1933 – 2008
Iowa
Doug Church
1933 – 1996
Iowa
George D Church
1934 – 2005
Iowa
Michael J Church
1935 – 2011
Iowa
Elmer Church
1936 – 2000
Iowa
Jerry S Church
1937 – 2003
Iowa
James E Church
1937 – 2008
Iowa
Samuel L Church
1938 – 1993
Iowa
Dean W Church
1940 – 2005
Iowa
Louis L Church
1940 – 1995
Iowa
J W Church
1941 – 1998
Iowa
Robert H Church
1942 – 2007
Iowa
Roger L Church
1943 – 2005
Iowa
Dennis B Church
1943 – 1992
Iowa
Michael Church
1945 – 1972
Iowa
Betty J Church
1945 – 2009
Iowa
Timothy Church
1948 – 1986
Iowa
Terry L Church
1948 – 2004
Iowa
John Church
1948 – 1975
Iowa
B Church
1950 – 1992
Iowa
George C Church
1950 – 2002
Iowa
Howard W Church
1951 – 2007
Iowa
Robert C Church
1953 – 2010
Iowa
Viola V Church
1953 – 2009
Iowa
Jeanne B Church
1955 – 2012
Iowa
John W Church
1955 – 1995
Iowa
S A Church
1956 – 1994
Iowa
Thomas Church
1958 – 1982
Iowa
Clark Church
d. 1962
Iowa
Charlie N Church
1964 – 1999
Iowa
J Church
1968 – 1989
Iowa
Brian Church
1971 – 1986
Iowa
William Church
d. 1973
Iowa
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Common questions

Church genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Church surname come from?

English topographic name for someone who lived by a church.

How far back does the Church family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1770. Most Church lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Church family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

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