Oldenburg Family History
Oldenburg Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name
from Oldenburg, the capital of the former principality of the same
name, from the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition
and article) of Middle Low German ald, old ‘old’ +
burg ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oldenburg
Name Distribution of Oldenburg Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oldenburg families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oldenburg census records
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Oldenburg Family Origin
Oldenburg Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Oldenburg families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Oldenburg Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Oldenburg census records
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Military Service by Oldenburg
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