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Dryer Name Meaning
English: from an agent derivative of Old English
dr¯gean ‘to dry’; possibly an occupational name for a drier
of cloth. In the Middle Ages, after cloth had been dyed and fulled, it
was stretched out in tenterfields to dry.Altered spelling
of German Dreier or Dreyer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dryer
Name Distribution of Dryer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dryer families
 54 - 105  19 - 53 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dryer families
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25 - 48 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dryer families
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10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dryer Family Origin
Dryer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dryer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Dryer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dryer census records
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Dryer Civil War Service Records
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