Cerro Family History
Cerro Name Meaning
Spanish: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill
or ridge, Spanish cerro, from Latin cirrus ‘bristle’,
‘hair’, ‘hackles’, or possibly a nickname for someone with a ridge of
spiky hair like an animal’s hackles. Alternatively, it may be a
habitational name from a place named with this word (in the sense
‘ridge’), as for example El Cerro in Salamanca province.Italian: topographic name from cerro ‘turkey oak’, ‘cerris’
(Quercus cerris).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cerro
Name Distribution of Cerro Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cerro census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Cerro surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Cerro Family Origin
Cerro Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Cerro families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cerro Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cerro census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Cerro ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Cerro
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Cerro.
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| DENNIS CERRO/Santander,Spain 18?? |  | WandaHolmes93 | 9 |
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