Alder Family History
Alder Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree
(Middle English al(d)re), or by a group of alders (the surname
is often found in the plural form in Middle English).English: from a Middle English personal name, representing a
falling together of two Old English names, Ealdhere ‘ancient
army’ and Æ{dh}elhere ‘noble army’.German: variant of
Alter.Translation of Swedish Ahl.Translation of Finnish Leppanen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Alder
Name Distribution of Alder Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Alder families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Alder families
|
230 - 457 77 - 229 |
1 - 76 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Alder families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Alder census records
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Alder Family Origin
Alder Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Alder
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Alder Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Alder census records
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Alder Civil War Service Records
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