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older Name Meaning and History

North German: status name for an older man or alderman, chairman of a corporation or a city or church council. See Old.

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 older family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of older Families in the US in 1920
Number of older families
 12-21
 5-11		 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 32 - Messages: 106
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Matilda Older mim71747 8
Older Family Chelsea Older 2
Harriett or Mary Older m. Alonzo Judson rrager 1
OLDER FAMILY, ATHENS COUNTY, OHIO 1800 Joanie47 5
David W. Older wolder 0
Circleville, OH: Older''s terri 17
Older family in Michigan simplyswell 1
any of my ancestors Theodore D Older 10
Looking for any one who knows the Wilber Lee Older and Libirty Leanoa Arron FAMILIES cc_cats_angel 1
Searching Query jbasb14 0
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