Downer Family History
Downer Name Meaning
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived in an
area of downland (the rolling chalk hills of Sussex, Surrey, and
Kent), from Old English dun ‘down’, ‘low hill’ (of Celtic
origin) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant. Dun is
a common element of English place names.Irish: variant of
Dooner 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Downer
Name Distribution of Downer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Downer families
 283 - 564  95 - 282 |
 1 - 94  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Downer families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Downer census records
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Downer Family Origin
Downer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Downer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Downer census records
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Military Service by Downer
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