Rafter Family History
Rafter Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Raftery.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rafter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rafter families
 44 - 86  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rafter families
|
23 - 44 8 - 22 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rafter families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rafter census records
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Rafter Family Origin
Rafter Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Rafter families immigrated
to the United States.
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rafter
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rafter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rafter census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Rafter ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Rafter Civil War Service Records
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