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sailors Name Meaning and History

English: variant of Saylors.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of sailors Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (0 of 184)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Maryland: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 184)New Jersey: 2% (4 of 184)Connecticut: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Massachusetts: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Hawaii: 1% (1 of 184)Alaska: Less than 1% (0 of 184)California: 2% (3 of 184)Nevada: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Oregon: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Washington: 1% (1 of 184)Idaho: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Utah: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Arizona: Less than 1% (0 of 184)New Mexico: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Colorado: 1% (1 of 184)Wyoming: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Montana: Less than 1% (0 of 184)North Dakota: Less than 1% (0 of 184)South Dakota: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Nebraska: 17% (32 of 184)Kansas: 1% (2 of 184)Oklahoma: 2% (4 of 184)Texas: 3% (6 of 184)Minnesota: 1% (1 of 184)Iowa: 1% (2 of 184)Missouri: 5% (9 of 184)Arkansas: 4% (7 of 184)Louisiana: 3% (5 of 184)Illinois: 2% (3 of 184)Wisconsin: 2% (3 of 184)Michigan: 3% (5 of 184)Indiana: 21% (38 of 184)Ohio: 1% (2 of 184)Kentucky: 1% (1 of 184)West Virginia: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Tennessee: 2% (4 of 184)Mississippi: 3% (5 of 184)Alabama: 4% (8 of 184)Florida: 1% (1 of 184)Georgia: 17% (32 of 184)South Carolina: 1% (2 of 184)North Carolina: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Virginia: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Maryland: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 184)New Jersey: 2% (4 of 184)Pennsylvania: 1% (2 of 184)New York: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Connecticut: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Massachusetts: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Vermont: Less than 1% (0 of 184)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (0 of 184)Maine: Less than 1% (0 of 184)
Number of sailors families
 20-38
 7-19		 1-6
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 52 - Messages: 223
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Michael Saylors Bill Sailors 3
1790-1850 South Carolina census--Sailors/Saylors KeithMoody61 0
John R. SAILORS b.abt.1882 Mississippi County, Missouri TheresaRGriffiths 5
Obit: Mrs. Viola M. SAILORS - Wife of Vernon Wilson SAILORS TheresaRGriffiths 0
Obit: Vernon Wilson SAILORS TheresaRGriffiths 2
John Sailors SZiker 2
Obit: Rufus W. ( Tobe ) SAILORS TheresaRGriffiths 0
Obit: John Richard SAILORS TheresaRGriffiths 0
Looking for Tobe SAILORS and Ruby HIGGS - S.E. Missouri TheresaRGriffiths 0
Nebraska Sailors KevinandLori186 1
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