The plummer Surname
plummer Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Anglo-Norman French plom(m)er, plum(m)er ‘plumber’, from plom(b), plum(b) ‘lead’ (Latin plumbum).
- variant of Plumer 1, 3.
- occasionally, a habitational name from a minor place name, such as Plummers in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, which was named with Old English plum ‘plum(tree)’ + mere ‘pool’. The name is also established in Ireland, taken there from England in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| PLUMMER FAMILY |
 pogobuff
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| L.T. Plummer |
keithnuttle
| 0 |
| Francis Plumer |
chaznnancy
| 8 |
| Samuel PLUMMER, Caroline Co. MD | Beverly Genetta | 18 |
| Earl, Pearl, & Roy Plummer |
jimengland197
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| Luther Thomas Martin Plummer |
burtonmf
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| Family Tree/geneology | Mark Plummer | 16 |
| ROBERT & SUSAN PLUMMER |
Annxqz1
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| Delilah Plummer |
ElaineLuman
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| francis plummer | marilyn harvie | 20 |
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