Master Family History
- Master Name Meaning
- English and Scottish: nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such. See also McMaster. Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister. Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 245,779 Historical Documents with Master on Ancestry
- 97,189 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 39,363 Census and Voter Lists
- 30,903 Military Records
- 12,099 Immigration Records
- 66,225 Member Trees
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Number of Master families
 45 - 87  16 - 44 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Master families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Master 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
Master census records
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