Mortimer Family History
Mortimer Name Meaning
English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Mortemer in Seine-Maritime, France, so called
from Old French mort(e) ‘dead’ + mer ‘sea’ (Latin
mare). The place name probably referred to a stagnant pond or
partly drained swamp; there may also have been an allusion to the
Biblical Dead Sea seen by crusaders. The Norman surname was taken to
Ireland from England in the medieval period, where it has also been
adopted by bearers of the Gaelic surnames Mac Muircheartaigh
and ÓMuircheartaigh, commonly Anglicized as McMurty
and Mortagh. Compare McMurdo.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mortimer
Name Distribution of Mortimer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mortimer families
 937 - 1,871  313 - 936 |
 1 - 312  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mortimer families
|
113 - 223 38 - 112 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mortimer census records
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Mortimer Family Origin
Mortimer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mortimer Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Mortimer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Mortimer census records
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Military Service by Mortimer
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