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muir Name Meaning and History

Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on a moor, from a Scots form of Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘fen’.

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

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

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Distribution of muir Families in the US in 1920
Number of muir families
 88-174
 30-87		 1-29
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 403 - Messages: 939
ThreadAuthorReplies
MUIR Genealogy Randy Muir 113
Muir in Cap Breton JocelyneCloutier 0
Alexander Muir of New Cumnock, Ayrshire born 1834 Janet_Finney 3
Looking for family of Rhoda Schneider Muir Sibbett Joni (Muir) Smith 2
Joseph H, Hiram, and James Muir joe_buckingham 0
MUIR, Lanark, SCT, 1820, Ontario Dora Smith 6
Walter MUIR, born Fife, died? Dave Stretton 5
MUIR/REID katrinaL42 0
Muir doctors RADFORD 7
Thomas Muir @@fwe@alphalink.com.au 1
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