Perr Family History
- Perr Name Meaning
- English: probably a variant of Parr. Jewish (American): shortened form of some Ashkenazic surname such as Perelman and Perlstein.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 13,462 Historical Documents with Perr on Ancestry
- 6,428 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,868 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,406 Military Records
- 641 Immigration Records
- 1,119 Member Trees
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Number of Perr 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
Perr 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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