The boer Surname

boer Name Meaning and History

Dutch and North German: occupational name for a farmer, from Middle Low German bur ‘dweller’, ‘citizen’, ‘neighbor’, ‘farmer’ (see Bauer).

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

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boer Family Facts

Distribution of boer Families in the US in 1920

Number of boer families

18-33

7-17

1-6

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

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Threads: 22 - Messages: 47

Thread	Author	Replies
Jeanette Boer Zaccone	eberhakl	1
Grace Boer	DPyritz	7
Jan Hendrik Boers	BLeydecker	0
Rosa Boer photo	Not_A_Relative	0
Boer family - Utrecht, NL to Kalamazoo, MI	799hal	1
Boer of New Orleans LA	pmbfam	0
Boer	Stephanie Rucker	1
Roelof Boer	juanita7931	1
Boer photos from Albany, NY	jwestes	0
Enlisted men in 16th lancer	martin_brett	0

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