Baer Family History
Baer Name Meaning
German (Bär): from Middle High German ber
‘bear’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some
way, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing
bear, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house
distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases, it may derive from
a personal name containing this element.Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal
name Ber, from Yiddish ber ‘bear’.Dutch: from
Middle Dutch baer ‘naked’, ‘bare’. Debrabandere suggests it may
have been a nickname for someone who wore ragged clothes.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Baer
Name Distribution of Baer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Baer families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Baer families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Baer census records
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Baer Family Origin
Baer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Baer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Baer
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