Weller Family History
Weller Name Meaning
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a
stream, an agent derivative of Well.North German: variant
of Welle, cognate with 1.German: from an agent
derivative of Middle High German wëllen ‘to roll, revolve,
or smear’, hence an occupational name for someone who made wattle and daub
walls.German: from Middle High German wëllen ‘to cause
to boil or simmer’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a smelter,
cook, or the like.German: from Middle High German wëlle
‘roll’, ‘bale’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who
sold cloth or wool, for example.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Weller
Name Distribution of Weller Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Weller families
 246 - 490  83 - 245 |
 1 - 82  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Weller families
|
577 - 1,152 193 - 576 |
1 - 192 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Weller families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Weller census records
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Weller Family Origin
Weller Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Weller
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Weller Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Weller census records
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Weller Civil War Service Records
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