Widner Family History
Widner Name Meaning
topographic name for someone who lived by pastureland,
from Middle High German weid(e) ‘grassland’, ‘pasture’ +
-er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.variant of
Widmer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Widner
Name Distribution of Widner Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Widner families
 23 - 44  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Widner families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Widner last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Widner census records
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Widner Family Origin
Widner Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Widner
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Widner Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Widner census records
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Widner Civil War Service Records
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