Cryer Family History
Cryer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a town crier, one whose job was
to make public announcements in a loud voice, from Middle English, Old
French criere (a derivative of Old French crier ‘to cry
aloud’, Latin quiritare).Americanized spelling of
German Kreyer or the Swiss variant Kreier.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cryer
Name Distribution of Cryer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cryer families
 30 - 57  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cryer families
|
375 - 748 126 - 374 |
1 - 125 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cryer families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cryer census records
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Cryer Family Origin
Cryer Immigration Information
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cryer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cryer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cryer census records
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Cryer Civil War Service Records
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