Wheat Family History
Wheat Name Meaning
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire): metonymic occupational name for
a grower or seller of wheat, from Old English hw?te ‘wheat’
(a derivative of hwit ‘white’, because of its use in making
white flour).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wheat
Name Distribution of Wheat Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wheat families
 84 - 166  29 - 83 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wheat families
|
120 - 237 41 - 119 |
1 - 40 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wheat last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wheat census records
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Wheat Family Origin
Wheat Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wheat
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wheat Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wheat census records
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Wheat Civil War Service Records
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