Terra Family History
Terra Name Meaning
Catalan and Portuguese: habitational name from any of the places
called Terra either in Portugal or Catalonia, or topographic name from
terra ‘earth’, ‘homeland’ (Latin terra); among
immigrants from Madeira, possibly a translation of Dutch Aard.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Terra
Name Distribution of Terra Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Terra families
 22 - 41  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Terra families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Terra families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Terra census records
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Terra Family Origin
Terra Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Terra
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Terra Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Terra census records
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Terra Civil War Service Records
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