Easter Family History
Easter Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone living to the east of a
main settlement, from Middle English easter ‘eastern’, Old
English easterra, in form a comparative of east
‘east’ (see East).English: habitational name from a group
of villages in Essex, named from Old English eowestre
‘sheepfold’.English: nickname for someone who had some connection
with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that
time (Old English eastre, perhaps from the name of a pagan
festival connected with the dawn).Translation of the
German family name Oster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Easter
Name Distribution of Easter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Easter families
 61 - 119  21 - 60 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Easter families
|
150 - 298 51 - 149 |
1 - 50 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Easter families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Easter census records
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Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Easter Family Origin
Easter Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Easter families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Easter
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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
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Easter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Easter census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Easter ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Easter Civil War Service Records
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