Steer Family History
Steer Name Meaning
English (mainly Devon) and German: from Middle English
steer, Middle Low German ster ‘bullock’, hence a
nickname for a truculent person or a metonymic occupational name for
someone who was responsible for tending cattle. JXE.South German: from Middle High German ster ‘ram’, probably
a nickname for a hard-nosed, stubborn person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Steer
Name Distribution of Steer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Steer families
 429 - 856  144 - 428 |
 1 - 143  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Steer families
|
7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Steer census records
You can see how Steer families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Steer Family Origin
Steer Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Steer families immigrated
to the United States.
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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 New York Passenger Lists
Steer Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Steer families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
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
Steer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Steer census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Steer ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Steer
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