Altvater Family History
Altvater Name Meaning
German: literally ‘old father’, used as a distinguishing epithet
for a grandfather or father-in-law; probably a surname borne by the
servant of a person in the service of the grandfather or father-in-law
of a local personage.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Altvater Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Altvater families
 5 - 7  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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Altvater Family Origin
Altvater Emigration Information (US)
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Altvater Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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