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Gilmer Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Gilmore. (In Ireland, it
is most likely an Americanized form of the Sligo name Mac Giolla
Mhir.German: from the short form of a Germanic
personal name composed with gisil ‘pledge’, ‘hostage’,
‘noble youth’ (see Giesel).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gilmer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gilmer families
 46 - 89  16 - 45 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gilmer families
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8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gilmer families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Gilmer Family Origin
Gilmer Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gilmer
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Gilmer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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