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Chaucer Surname Meaning

From Old French chaucier ‘maker of chausses’ an agent derivative of Old French chauces ‘breeches, pantaloons, hose’. In 1484 these were ‘chauces of yron or legge harneys’ (OED).

Middle English chauce was a general term for anything worn on the feet: boots, shoes, hose, or leggings. As Baldwin le Chaucer (1307 London Letter Books B) was of Cordwanerstrete, the early chaucer was probably a worker in leather, a maker of leather breeches, boots, etc.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016

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You can see how Chaucer families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Chaucer family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Chaucer families were found in USA in 1920. In 1880 there was 1 Chaucer family living in Connecticut. This was 100% of all the recorded Chaucer's in USA. Connecticut had the highest population of Chaucer families in 1880.

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There are 83 military records available for the last name Chaucer. For the veterans among your Chaucer ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1963 and 2004, in the United States, Chaucer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1965, and highest in 1979. The average life expectancy for Chaucer in 1963 was 72, and 82 in 2004.

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