Filter Family History
- Filter Name Meaning
- North German: from Low German vilt ‘felt’ (from Old Saxon filt), an occupational name for someone who made felt or a metonymic occupational name for a hatter.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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- 684 Military Records
- 742 Immigration Records
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Number of Filter families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Filter census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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