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tranter Name Meaning and History

English (mainly West Midlands): occupational name for a peddler or hawker, especially one equipped with a horse and cart, Middle English traunter, traventer (Late Latin travetarius, of uncertain origin, possibly derived from Latin transvehere ‘to convey’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of tranter Families in the US in 1920
Number of tranter families
 8-13
 3-7		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 50 - Messages: 145
ThreadAuthorReplies
Tranter, London Leigh Fenttiman 2
tranter LYNN 9
John Tranter m. Rosanna Chamberlain A taylor 2
HELP CorrennaRisborg 1
Tranters of Stokenchurch Pete & Jen Tranter 12
helana tranter michael callcott 1
TRANTER - HEREFORDSHIRE / ROSS ON WYE jet5158 0
info+c.o.a. for tranter name adrian linford 6
john tranter michael callcott 0
re tranters michael callcott 0
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