The riser Surname
riser Name Meaning and History
- Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a thicket or underbrush, from an agent noun based on Middle High German ris ‘branch’, ‘shrubbery’.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Reiser.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John Martin RISER |
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| Samuel Riser, b. March 2, 1846 | Carolyn Riser Haralson | 5 |
| JOHN M. RISER & CLARA M. MILLER |
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| Obituary: Durward Julian Riser, Jr. | Paulann | 1 |
| Riser Family Site | Lib Pitts | 17 |
| RISER RESCHLY Burial Plot new memorial for previously unmarked graves |
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| Julia Paralee Riser of Alabama and NY |
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| J. Fred and Bertha Riser Imboden of Iowa |
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| Riser, George I. (OBIT PA 11-7-2006) |
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| Billeigh Hoage Riser, St. Paul Minnesota | NANTICE Y. RISER | 2 |
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