Masters Family History
Masters Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Master. Reaney notes the medieval
example atte Maysters (1327), and suggests this might have
denoted someone who lived at a master’s house, a master’s servant or
perhaps an apprentice.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Masters
Name Distribution of Masters Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Masters families
 137 - 272  46 - 136 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Masters families
|
521 - 1,039 174 - 520 |
1 - 173 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Masters families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Masters census records
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Masters Family Origin
Masters Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Masters
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Masters Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Masters census records
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Masters Civil War Service Records
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