Plummer Family History
Plummer Name Meaning
occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a
maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Anglo-Norman French
plom(m)er, plum(m)er ‘plumber’, from plom(b),
plum(b) ‘lead’ (Latin plumbum).variant of
Plumer 1, 3.occasionally, a habitational name from a minor
place name, such as Plummers in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, which was
named with Old English plum ‘plum(tree)’ + mere
‘pool’. The name is also established in Ireland, taken there from
England in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Plummer
Name Distribution of Plummer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Plummer families
 115 - 228  39 - 114 |
 1 - 38  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Plummer families
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424 - 846 142 - 423 |
1 - 141 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Plummer families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Plummer Family Origin
Plummer Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Plummer
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Plummer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Plummer census records
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