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gerber Name Meaning and History

German, Swiss, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tanner, Middle High German gerwer (from Old High German (ledar) garawo ‘leather preparer’), German Gerber.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The gerber name in History

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

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Distribution of gerber Families in the US in 1920
Number of gerber families
 178-353
 60-177		 1-59
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 198 - Messages: 551
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gerbers in south africa bianca gerber 7
Gerbers from Latvia Megan Gerber 5
Christian Gerber family Ralph Lanz 10
Obit; Norton B. Gerber 1914-2OO8 woodsman1953 0
Gerber, Henry L. (OBIT PA 4-3-2008) obituary33b 0
Samuel Gerber from Aarwangen Switzerland Todd_Gerber 3
WWI Photo-Mrs. Ray and Glen Gerber KMonical3096 3
German Gerbers Sarah 12
GERBER FAMILY OF OHIO AND KANSAS skiptaft 31
Gerber, Allen mc4rogers 1
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