Herder Family History
Herder Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German: occupational name for a herdsman,
someone who tended a herd of domestic animals, Middle English
herder, Middle Dutch herder, harde(r), Middle
High German herder.German: from the medieval German
personal name Herdher, composed of the elements hart
‘strong’ + heri, hari ‘army’.South German:
habitational name from either of two places called Herdern: near
Freiburg and near Winterthal in Switzerland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Herder
Name Distribution of Herder Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Herder families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Herder families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Herder census records
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Herder Family Origin
Herder Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Herder
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Herder Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Herder census records
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Herder Civil War Service Records
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