Ohr Family History
- Ohr Name Meaning
- from Middle High German ær, or ‘ear’, hence a nickname for someone with remarkable, for example prominent, ears. (Öhr) from a Low German (Frisian) personal name.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 26,508 Historical Documents with Ohr on Ancestry
- 16,777 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,443 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,314 Military Records
- 714 Immigration Records
- 3,260 Member Trees
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Number of Ohr families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ohr 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
Ohr census records
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