Oliver Family History
Oliver Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Welsh, and German: from the Old French
personal name Olivier, which was taken to England by the
Normans from France. It was popular throughout Europe in the Middle
Ages as having been borne by one of Charlemagne’s paladins, the
faithful friend of Roland, about whose exploits there were many
popular romances. The name ostensibly means ‘olive tree’ (see
Oliveira), but this is almost certainly the result of folk
etymology working on an unidentified Germanic personal name, perhaps a
cognate of Alvaro. The surname is also borne by Jews,
apparently as an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.Catalan and southern French (Occitan): generally a topographic
name from oliver ‘olive tree’, but in some instances possibly
related to the homonymous personal name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oliver
Name Distribution of Oliver Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oliver families
 1,337 - 2,671  446 - 1,336 |
 1 - 445  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Oliver families
|
340 - 677 114 - 339 |
1 - 113 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Oliver Family Origin
Oliver Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Oliver Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Oliver Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Oliver census records
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Military Service by Oliver
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