Sumner Family History
Sumner Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a summoner, an official who was
responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, Middle
English sumner, sumnor.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sumner
Name Distribution of Sumner Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sumner families
 952 - 1,902  318 - 951 |
 1 - 317  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sumner families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sumner census records
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Sumner Family Origin
Sumner Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Sumner Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Sumner census records
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Military Service by Sumner
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