Pointer Family History
Pointer Name Meaning
English (Norfolk): occupational name from Middle English
pointer ‘point maker’, an agent derivative of point, a
term denoting a lace or cord used to fasten together doublet and hose
(Old French pointe ‘point’, ‘sharp end’). Reaney suggests that
in some cases Pointer may have been an occupational name for a tiler
or slater whose job was to point the tiles, i.e. render them with
mortar where they overlapped.Possibly an altered form of
German Pointner, a variant of Bainter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pointer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pointer families
 35 - 68  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pointer families
|
152 - 301 51 - 151 |
1 - 50 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pointer families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pointer Family Origin
Pointer Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Pointer
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Pointer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Pointer census records
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