Tankard Family History
Tankard Name Meaning
from a Norman personal name,
Tancard, composed of the Germanic words þank
‘thought’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.metonymic
occupational name for a maker of barrels and drinking vessels, or a
nickname for a hardened drinker, from Middle English tankard
‘tub’, ‘cup’ (apparently a borrowing from Middle Dutch).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tankard
Name Distribution of Tankard Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tankard families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tankard families
|
156 - 309 53 - 155 |
1 - 52 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tankard families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tankard census records
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Tankard Family Origin
Tankard Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Tankard
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Tankard Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Tankard census records
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Tankard Civil War Service Records
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