Whittier Family History
Whittier Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a white-leather dresser, from Middle
English whit ‘white’ + taw(i)er ‘tawer’ (from an agent
derivative of Middle English taw(en) ‘to prepare’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Whittier Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whittier families
 90 - 178  31 - 89 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Whittier families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Whittier Family Origin
Whittier Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Whittier
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Whittier Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Whittier census records
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Whittier Civil War Service Records
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