Letcher Family History
Letcher Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a
stream, from Old English læcc, læce (see
Leach) + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.English: unflattering nickname for a lecher, Middle English
lech(o)ur (Old French leceor). Reaney comments: ‘The
surname is rare, probably usually disguised as Leger’.German (Letscher): habitational name for someone from
Letsch, near Bensberg, Rhineland, or various other places such as
Letsche, Letschin, Letschow, etc. See also Letsch.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Letcher
Name Distribution of Letcher Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Letcher families
 23 - 44  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Letcher families
|
80 - 158 27 - 79 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Letcher families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Letcher census records
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Letcher Family Origin
Letcher Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Letcher families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Letcher
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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)
Letcher Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Letcher census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Letcher ancestors, such as occupation.
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Letcher Civil War Service Records
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