Belt Family History
Belt Name Meaning
English and North German: metonymic occupational name for a
leather belt or strap maker, from Middle English belt(e),
Middle Low German balt.German: from a short
form of the Germanic personal name Baldher (see Belter).North German: habitational name from a place called Beelte (see
Belter 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Belt
Name Distribution of Belt Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Belt families
 77 - 151  26 - 76 |
 1 - 25  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Belt families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Belt census records
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Belt Family Origin
Belt Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Belt Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Belt census records
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