The travers Surname
travers Name Meaning and History
- English and French: occupational name for a gatherer of tolls exacted for the right of passage across a bridge, ford, or other thoroughfare, from Middle English, Old French travers ‘passage’, ‘crossing’, from Old French traverser ‘to cross’.
- Northern Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Treabhair (see Trevor).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Frank Travers & Margaret ??? |
 dpippy199
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| Maryland Travers (Hoopers Island) | Delynda | 22 |
| Descendants and Ancestors of Hamlet/Hamon Travers |
Casey Butler
| 0 |
| John Travers |
johntravers66
| 0 |
| Travers | Tracie Perez | 5 |
| Travers, Travis family- Vermont 1825 - New York |
abrookes2243
| 0 |
| Any information on history of Travers in Boston? | Kate Travers | 6 |
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ClareFost
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| Travers alias | Tony Tambini | 11 |
| Byron James Travers (1889-1957) |
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