Whitner Family History
Whitner Name Meaning
Possibly an Americanized form of German Wittner, a habitational name from any of several places named Witten (for example, on the Ruhr) or Wittenau (for example, near Berlin and in Silesia).Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of German Weissener (see Wisener). exg pwh: EG deled former sense 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Whitner Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whitner families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Whitner Family Origin
Whitner Emigration Information (US)
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Whitner Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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