Marker Family History
Marker Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary
(see Mark 2). It is notable that early examples of the surname
tend to occur near borders, for example on the Kent-Sussex
boundary.English: possibly an occupational name from an agent
derivative of Middle English mark(en) ‘to put a mark on’,
although it is not clear what the exact nature of the work of such a
‘marker’ would be.English: relatively late development of
Mercer. There is one family in Clitheroe, Lancashire, who
spelled their name Mercer or Marcer in the 16th century,
but Marker in the 17th.Jewish (Ashkenazic):
occupational name from Yiddish marker ‘servant’.German: status name for someone who lived on an area of land that
was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German
merkære.Danish: from a short form of the
Germanic personal name Markward.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Marker
Name Distribution of Marker Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Marker families
 45 - 88  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Marker families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Marker census records
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Marker Family Origin
Marker Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Marker Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Marker families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Marker Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Marker census records
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Military Service by Marker
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