Cayer Family History
Cayer Name Meaning
French: probably a variant spelling of Caillier ‘quail
catcher’.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Kehr
or Geyer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Cayer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cayer families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cayer families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cayer census records
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Cayer Family Origin
Cayer Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cayer
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Cayer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Cayer Civil War Service Records
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