Heyer Family History
Heyer Name Meaning
English: variant of Ayer 1.German: occupational
name for a grower or reaper of grass for hay, from Middle High German
höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’ + the agent suffix -er.German: variant spelling of Heier 1.Dutch: from
a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hagi
‘enclosure’, ‘fenced area’ + hari, heri ‘army’.Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch (h)eiger, heeger,
heger ‘heron’. Compare Heron 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Heyer
Name Distribution of Heyer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Heyer families
 50 - 97  17 - 49 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Heyer families
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24 - 45 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Heyer families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Heyer census records
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Heyer Family Origin
Heyer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Heyer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Heyer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Heyer census records
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Heyer Civil War Service Records
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