Borders Family History
Borders Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the edge of a
village or by some other boundary, Middle English border, from
Old French bordure ‘edge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Borders
Name Distribution of Borders Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Borders families
 93 - 184  32 - 92 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Borders families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Borders families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Borders census records
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Borders Family Origin
Borders Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Borders
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Borders Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Borders census records
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Borders Civil War Service Records
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