Poirier Family History
Poirier Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree,
poirier, from Old French perier.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Poirier
Name Distribution of Poirier Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Poirier 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
Poirier census records
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Poirier Family Origin
Poirier Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Poirier Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Poirier census records
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Military Service by Poirier
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