Decatur Family History
Decatur Name Meaning
Variant of Dutch de Caters, a nickname for someone thought
to resemble a tomcat (see Kater).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Decatur
Name Distribution of Decatur 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
Decatur census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Decatur 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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Decatur Family Origin
Decatur Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Decatur families immigrated
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Decatur Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Decatur census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Decatur ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Decatur
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