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Alten Name Meaning
German habitational name from a place called Alten, for example
the one near Dessau in eastern Germany.Perhaps a shortened form
of Dutch van A(a)lten, a habitational name for someone from
Aalten in Gelderland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Alten
Name Distribution of Alten Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Alten families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Alten families
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8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Alten census records
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Alten Family Origin
Alten Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Alten
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Alten Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Alten census records
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Alten Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Alten
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Alten.
Threads: 5 - Messages: 13
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altens |  | TedHolton | 6 |
| Aloysius C. ALTEN d. 18 December 1911 - Kansas City, MO | | JohnWOBrien | 0 |
| Ralph Alten | | MykeHeidi | 2 |
| Dorothee Alten | | hebbie | 0 |
| Alten | | hotchkissmall | 0 |
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