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Ledger Name Meaning
from a Norman personal name, Leodegar, Old
French Legier, of Germanic origin, composed of the elements
liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + gar, ger ‘spear’. The
name was borne by a 7th-century bishop of Autun, whose fame
contributed to the popularity of the name in France. (In Germany the
name was connected with a different saint, an 8th-century bishop of
Münster.variant of Letcher, in part a deliberate
alteration to avoid the association with Middle English lecheor
‘lecher’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ledger
Name Distribution of Ledger Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ledger families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ledger families
|
343 - 684 115 - 342 |
1 - 114 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ledger families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ledger Family Origin
Ledger Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Ledger
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Ledger Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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