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Prather Name Meaning
variant of Brather (see Brader 2).variant of Prater.habitational name from Prath,
Rhineland (near St. Goarshausen).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Prather
Name Distribution of Prather Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prather families
 110 - 217  37 - 109 |
 1 - 36  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Prather families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Prather families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Prather census records
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Prather Family Origin
Prather Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Prather
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Prather Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Prather census records
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Prather Civil War Service Records
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