The reder Surname
reder Name Meaning and History
- English: variant spelling of Reader.
- Dutch: variant of Reeder 2.
- North German and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements rad ‘counsel’ + heri ‘army’.
- North German and Dutch: occupational name for a ship owner or outfitter, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German rad ‘counsel’; ‘provisions’, ‘stock’.
- North German: habitational name from any of various places named Rieder (earlier Redere) or Reher (earlier Rethere) in northern Germany.
- Possibly an altered spelling of German Röder (see Roeder).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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 rae27
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| Reder/Roeder |
mandsginter
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| Reder Family | Susan Bolin | 8 |
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WGFGER
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| Reder from Prussia & Austria to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
tjcintx
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| Peter Reder |
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| REDER, M. Magdalena |
Ocean4021
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| Looking for relatives | Diane Smith | 11 |
| John Reder married Mary Jane Mays |
A_Eckblad
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| Rederswicz, Wiktorya | Cora Sue Crum/b-Barret | 1 |
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