The felter Surname
felter Name Meaning and History
- habitational name for someone from any of several places named Felten or Velten.
- shortened form of any of various habitational names or topographic names formed with -feld ‘open country’ (see Feld), as for example Kleinfelder.
- variant of Falter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 56 - Messages: 166
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Georgia Felter of Austin, TX 1935 |
 drbrownlee
| 1 |
| Felters of MS |
hhoutman
| 14 |
| Felter/Hewett/Hewitt | Carolyn Martino | 2 |
| George W. Felter |
msswett2000
| 10 |
| Mary Liza Felter |
LINDA MAY
| 0 |
| Edward & Alice (Farey) Felter Berkely, Alameda Co., CA | John Stewart | 3 |
| Peter Felter/Onondaga Co. N.Y. wf Hannah | Shirley Thompson | 5 |
| Jacob Felter Killed in Woodford County, IlL Tornado, May 1858 |
Not_A_Relative
| 0 |
| Felters as Huguenots? |
tcgenealogy
| 1 |
| Elizabeth Felter (b: ca 1803) of NY and NJ | Frank L. Griggs | 0 |
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