Oien Family History
- Oien Name Meaning
- Dutch: metronymic from a Germanic female personal name, Oda, derived from aud, od ‘wealth’. Dutch: from oye ‘ewe’, hence a metonymic occupational name for shepherd, or a nickname for a silly person. Norwegian: variant spelling of Oyen.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 28,617 Historical Documents with Oien on Ancestry
- 11,563 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,982 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,241 Military Records
- 1,494 Immigration Records
- 10,337 Member Trees
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Number of Oien families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oien census records
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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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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Oien census records
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- All Oien
- 1
- Confederate
- Union
- 1
from the Civil War Service Records
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