Merhar Family History
- Merhar Name Meaning
- Slovenian (central Slovenia): from mrhar, an agent derivative of mrha ‘carrion’, hence an unflattering nickname for someone regarded as a vulture or carrion crow (in a figurative sense), or a nickname meaning ‘bear’, or possibly an occupational name for someone who flayed animal hides.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,555 Historical Documents with Merhar on Ancestry
- 1,731 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 687 Census and Voter Lists
- 156 Military Records
- 285 Immigration Records
- 696 Member Trees
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Number of Merhar families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Merhar families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Merhar census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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