Ayer Family History
Ayer Name Meaning
English: from Middle English eir, eyer ‘heir’ (Old
French (h)eir, from Latin heres ‘heir’). Forms such as
Richard le Heyer were frequent in Middle English, denoting a
man who was well known to be the heir to the main property in a
particular locality, either one who had already inherited or one with
great expectations.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ayer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ayer families
 79 - 156  27 - 78 |
 1 - 26  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ayer families
|
19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ayer families
|
14 - 25 5 - 13 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ayer Family Origin
Ayer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Ayer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Ayer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Ayer census records
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Ayer Civil War Service Records
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