The gair Surname

gair Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from places so named in Dumfries and Galloway, Strathclyde, and the Border regions.

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The gair name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the gair family name as far back in history as possible.

gair Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of gair Families in the US in 1920

Number of gair families

11-19

4-10

1-3

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Rinker-Gair family, in Chicago and Denver area	Richard Rinker	1
James and Isabella Gair	shawnsweeney35	2
GAIR - Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.	jecraig2006	0
GAIR (any), ENG 1841-1901	Phil White	0
GAIR webpages - English ancestors	Phil White	2
Gair and Stokeld Families	richardarnold163	4
PETER aka PATRICK GAIR b.1891	Sonia More	1
Gair Family Search	Aletha Gair-Weyburn	11
Gair Family in Williamsport, Pa.	angelmae1994	0
GAIR	Linn Brown	2

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