Merchant Family History
Merchant Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods,
from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin
mercatans (see Marchand).Indian (Gujarat
and Bombay city): Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader,
from the English vocabulary word merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Merchant
Name Distribution of Merchant Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Merchant families
 72 - 141  25 - 71 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Merchant families
|
107 - 211 36 - 106 |
1 - 35 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Merchant families
|
80 - 157 27 - 79 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Merchant census records
You can see how Merchant families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Merchant Family Origin
Merchant Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Merchant families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Merchant
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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.
The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates,
death dates, addresses and more.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Merchant Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Merchant census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Merchant ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Merchant Civil War Service Records
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