Rockefeller Family History
Rockefeller Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from the village of
Rockenfeld near Neuwied, Rhineland, named in Middle High German with
rocke ‘rye’ (Old High German rocko) + feld ‘open
country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rockefeller
Name Distribution of Rockefeller Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rockefeller census records
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Rockefeller Family Origin
Rockefeller Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Rockefeller families immigrated
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Rockefeller Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rockefeller census records
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Military Service by Rockefeller
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