Axtman Family History
- Axtman Name Meaning
- Respelling of German Axtmann, occupational name for a woodcutter, carpenter, or maker of axes, from Middle High German ackes, axt- ‘axe’ + man ‘man’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 7,663 Historical Documents with Axtman on Ancestry
- 2,208 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,455 Census and Voter Lists
- 303 Military Records
- 148 Immigration Records
- 3,549 Member Trees
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Number of Axtman families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Axtman families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Axtman census records
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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