Harper Family History
Harper Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a player on the
harp, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Dutch
harp ‘harp’. The harper was one of the most important figures
of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern
England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The
Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’,
‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Harper
Name Distribution of Harper Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harper families
 1,109 - 2,216  370 - 1,108 |
 1 - 369  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harper families
|
343 - 684 115 - 342 |
1 - 114 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Harper census records
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Harper Family Origin
Harper Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Harper Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Harper Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Harper census records
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Military Service by Harper
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