Boyer Family History
Boyer Name Meaning
Altered spelling of German Bayer or Beyer.German: habitational name for someone from Boye (near
Celle-Hannover).English: variant of Bowyer.Danish: habitational name from a place so named. The surname is
also found in Norway and Sweden, probably from the same source.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Boyer
Name Distribution of Boyer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boyer families
 1,098 - 2,193  367 - 1,097 |
 1 - 366  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Boyer families
|
84 - 166 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Boyer families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Boyer census records
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Boyer Family Origin
Boyer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Boyer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Boyer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Boyer census records
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Boyer Civil War Service Records
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