Petter Family History
Petter Name Meaning
Dutch, German, and English: variant of Peter.German (southwest): from Middle High German pfetter
‘godfather’ or ‘uncle’ (from Late Latin patrinus, derivative of
pater ‘father’).Dutch: occupational name for someone who
pumped water, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch putten,
pitten, petten ‘to draw water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Petter
Name Distribution of Petter Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Petter families
 63 - 123  22 - 62 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Petter families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Petter census records
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Petter Family Origin
Petter Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Petter Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Petter families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Petter Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Petter census records
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Military Service by Petter
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