Abner Family History
Abner Name Meaning
English: from a Biblical personal name, meaning in Hebrew ‘God is
(my) light’, which was popular among the Puritans, especially among
early settlers in New England, but also in the southern states. In the
First and Second Books of Samuel, Abner is Saul’s uncle and the
commander of his army, who is eventually cut down by Joab (II Samuel
3:12–39).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Abner
Name Distribution of Abner Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abner families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Abner Family Origin
Abner Emigration Information (US)
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Abner Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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