Gress History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Gress family

The surname Gress was first found in Provence, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Gress family

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Gress Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grasse, Grase, Gresse, Grese, Gras, Le Grasse, Du Grasse, Du Gras, DeGrace, Degrace and many more.

Early Notables of the Gress family

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Gress Ranking

the United States, the name Gress is the 13,510^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Gress family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Grasse settled in Philadelphia in 1848; George Grass settled in Philadelphia in 1752; Jacob Grass settled in Philadelphia in 1752; Joseph Grass settled in Philadelphia in 1752.

Contemporary Notables of the name Gress (post 1700) +

Henry V. Gress, American politician, Prohibition Candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate 28th District, 1886 2
G. V. Gress, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Georgia, 1896 3
A. Cloyd Gress, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Fulton County Democratic Party, 1927 3

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html