Petre Family History
- Petre Name Meaning
- English: variant spelling of Peter. Swedish (Petré): shortened form of Petrejus or Petraeus, Latinized patronymics from the personal name Per, Pär (see Peter). Slovenian: derivative of the personal name Peter. French (Pêtre): metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or grocer, from Old French pistel, pestel ‘pestle’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 132,265 Historical Documents with Petre on Ancestry
- 31,998 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 18,853 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,277 Military Records
- 3,828 Immigration Records
- 75,309 Member Trees
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Number of Petre families
 37 - 72  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Petre families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Petre 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
Petre census records
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