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vater Name Meaning and History

North German: nickname or status name from Middle Low German vater ‘father’, ‘person of seniority or higher rank’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The vater name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the vater family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of vater Families in the US in 1920
Number of vater families
 8-13
 3-7		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 45
ThreadAuthorReplies
Vater/Arndell a_arndell 2
Vaters ancestors from England Derby245 5
VATER/ VATERS (trying to trace my family to England) Sharanf13 6
Jesse Vater - High Littleton - Aberdare - USA LindyDawson 0
REQUEST INFO RUSSELL GERSTNER 3
Charles Vater & Emma Vater CAStubbins 2
Gary Morgan Vater girardta 1
Catharina Vater Robert Primus 0
Otto Vater ewake 3
Julius Vater jewelzchristian 0
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