Poindexter Family History
Poindexter Name Meaning
English: nickname from Old French poing destre ‘right
fist’. This name is particularly associated with Huguenot refugees who
fled from France to England, and from there to VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Poindexter
Name Distribution of Poindexter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Poindexter families
 128 - 254  43 - 127 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Poindexter families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Poindexter census records
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Poindexter Family Origin
Poindexter Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Poindexter
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Poindexter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Poindexter census records
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Poindexter Civil War Service Records
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