Sowder Family History
Sowder Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Sauder or
Sauter. Not in RW, FREQSTATS, GFB, EML.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sowder
Name Distribution of Sowder Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sowder families
 35 - 68  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sowder families
|
9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Sowder last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sowder census records
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Sowder Family Origin
Sowder Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sowder
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Sowder Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sowder census records
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Sowder Civil War Service Records
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