Wisner Family History
Wisner Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from any of various
places named Wissen, mostly in the Rhineland, for example near
Siegen.North German: variant of Wischner.
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Name Distribution of Wisner Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wisner families
 53 - 104  18 - 52 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wisner families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wisner last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wisner census records
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Wisner Family Origin
Wisner Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wisner
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wisner Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wisner census records
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Wisner Civil War Service Records
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