Dexter Family History
Dexter Name Meaning
English (East Midlands): occupational name from Middle English
dyster ‘dyer’ (see Dyer).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
320,083
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dexter
Name Distribution of Dexter Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dexter families
 192 - 381  65 - 191 |
 1 - 64  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dexter families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dexter census records
You can see how Dexter families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Dexter census records
>
Dexter Family Origin
Dexter Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Dexter emigration records
You can find out when most of the Dexter 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.
View all Dexter emigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Dexter Emigration Information (AU)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Dexter emigration records
You can find out when most of the Dexter families immigrated
to Australia.
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.
View all Dexter emigration records >
from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Dexter Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Dexter census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Dexter ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Dexter census records >
Military Service by Dexter
Message Board about Dexter
294 Threads, 33
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Dexter.
Threads: 294 - Messages: 33
Start a FREE Dexter family tree
Starting a family tree at Ancestry is not only the easiest way to organise, preserve
and share your family history, it's also a direct link to missing information about
your roots.
About Ancestry.co.uk
The world's largest family history resource
- Explore over 7 billion genealogical records
- Search 26 million family trees
- Create your FREE family tree
- Follow leaf Hints to follow more ancestors
×