Oldenburg Family History
Oldenburg Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name
from Oldenburg, the capital of the former principality of the same
name, from the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition
and article) of Middle Low German ald, old ‘old’ +
burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oldenburg
Name Distribution of Oldenburg Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oldenburg families
 34 - 65  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oldenburg families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Oldenburg last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oldenburg census records
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Oldenburg Family Origin
Oldenburg Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Oldenburg
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Oldenburg Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Oldenburg census records
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Oldenburg Civil War Service Records
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