Boer Family History
Boer Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: occupational name for a farmer, from Middle
Low German bur ‘dweller’, ‘citizen’, ‘neighbor’, ‘farmer’
(see Bauer).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Boer
Name Distribution of Boer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boer families
 10 - 18  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Boer families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Boer census records
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Boer Family Origin
Boer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Boer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Boer census records
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Military Service by Boer
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