Farrar Family History
Farrar Name Meaning
Northern English: occupational name for a smith or worker in iron,
from Middle English and Old French farrour, ferour, from
medieval Latin ferrator, an agent derivative of ferrare
‘to shoe horses’, from ferrum ‘iron’, in medieval Latin
‘horseshoe’. Compare Ferrier and Farrow.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Farrar
Name Distribution of Farrar Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Farrar families
 1,287 - 2,571  430 - 1,286 |
 1 - 429  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Farrar families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Farrar census records
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Farrar Family Origin
Farrar Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Farrar Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Farrar Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Farrar census records
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Military Service by Farrar
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