Spiller Family History
- Spiller Name Meaning
- English: occupational name for a tumbler or jester, from an agent derivative of Middle English spill(en) ‘to play, jest, or sport’ (Old English spilian). English: nickname for a destructive or wasteful person, from an agent derivative of the homonymous Middle English spill(en) ‘to spoil, waste, or squander’ (Old English spillan). German and Dutch: occupational name for a spindle maker, a variant of Spille with the addition of the agent suffix -er. In some cases a variant of German Spieler.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 271,417 Historical Documents with Spiller on Ancestry
- 99,077 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 61,036 Census and Voter Lists
- 10,426 Military Records
- 5,588 Immigration Records
- 95,290 Member Trees
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Number of Spiller families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Spiller families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Spiller 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 the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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