Roger Family History
- Roger Name Meaning
- Scottish, English, North German, French, and Catalan: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrod ‘renown’ +gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’, which was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Rog(i)er. The cognate Old Norse Hróðgeirr was a reinforcing influence in Normandy. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 520,796 Historical Documents with Roger on Ancestry
- 272,792 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 88,450 Census and Voter Lists
- 26,694 Military Records
- 14,730 Immigration Records
- 118,130 Member Trees
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Number of Roger families
 95 - 188  32 - 94 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Roger families
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73 - 144 25 - 72 |
1 - 24 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Roger 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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