The armiger Surname

armiger Name Meaning and History

English: status name for a squire, from Latin armiger ‘bearer of arms or armor’ (from armas gerere ‘to bear arms’), which acquired the specialist sense ‘squire’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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armiger Family Facts

Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Emigration Year (US)Emigration Year (AU)Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of armiger Families in the US in 1920

Number of armiger families

38-73

13-37

1-12

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
John Armiger & Ann Dove	Carolyn Bowen Thurber	5
John W Armiger 1863-1932 m. Laura Mae King 1870-1960 in Maryland	plainsman93	0
Armigers of Maryland	Patricia Armiger Campbell	10
James Arminger m. Harriet Webster c.1860	bvalco	0
ARMIGER	teddy291	0
Armiger's in Norfolk, England	Shane Strawson	6
Justis and Armiger	Alice Duncan	3
Looking to unite Baby & Year Books with owner	Beth	0
Alice ARMIGER, d/o Richard & Mary, MD, USA	SStrout	0
It seems strange seeing my name listed here	Sally A. Armiger	0

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