The whittier Surname

whittier Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name for a white-leather dresser, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + taw(i)er ‘tawer’ (from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) ‘to prepare’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The whittier name in History

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

whittier Family Facts

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Distribution of whittier Families in the US in 1920

Number of whittier families

90-178

31-89

1-30

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Andrew J. Whittier, alias Roland Forrester	siessfamily	0
Seeking Whittier family researchers	MsRussell62	9
Whittier	Anya401	0
~Joseph Whittiers of Palermo, Maine 1793~	niteowl38_1	0
John Whittier/Ruth Green - Questions	Janet Cosgrove	7
Whittier surname change to Whitcher	jd5fla1	11
Carolyn Bursley Whittier's family	James_Christopherson	0
Carolyn Bursley Whittier	James_Christopherson	0
Whittier family	Pamela	21
Whittiers in Ohio	William Russell Whittier	14

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