Halter Family History
Halter Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow or
pastureland, from Middle High German halte ‘pasture’ + the
suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.South German and Jewish
(Ashkenazic): from Middle High German haltære ‘keeper’,
‘shepherd’, German Halter.English: occupational name
for a maker of halters for horses and cattle, Middle English
haltrere (from Old English hælftre ‘halter’).Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a halter-maker, from
Middle Dutch halfter, haelter, halter ‘halter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Halter
Name Distribution of Halter Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Halter families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Halter families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Halter census records
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Halter Family Origin
Halter Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Halter Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Halter census records
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Military Service by Halter
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