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oppenheimer Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Oppenheim.

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oppenheimer Family Facts

Distribution of oppenheimer Families in the US in 1920
Number of oppenheimer families
 96-190
 33-95
 1-32
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 45 - Messages: 97
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Gustav Oppenheimer witness on marriage cert. johntyner2001 0
Leo and Ray Oppenheimer KathrynKem 0
Oppenheim(er)? SarahDinetz 0
Stanton Oppenheimer doris Opppenheimer 16
Oppenheimer - Putzel - Marriage 6/2/1868 sandrabordelon 0
Marcus Oppenheimer of Marcus, WA marcusdoppenheimer 4
OPPENHEIMER-ROSENBERG marriage in CA in 1872 danderup 0
Paper/Information Debbie Z 0
Carmina Oppenheimer from NY Wanda 0
Re: Stanton Oppenheimer Beth Walsh 2
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