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gaither Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name from Middle English gaytere ‘goatherd’, an agent derivative of Middle English gayte ‘goat’ (a northern spelling of Old English gat, or from the related Old Norse word geit).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the gaither family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of gaither Families in the US in 1920
Number of gaither families
 64-126
 22-63		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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