Zeiner Family History
- Zeiner Name Meaning
- South German: from an agent derivative of Middle High German zeinen ‘to forge (iron)’, also ‘to weave basketwork’ (from Middle High German zein ‘cane’, ‘rod’, ‘tine’), hence an occupational name for a smith or a basket maker.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 23,338 Historical Documents with Zeiner on Ancestry
- 12,378 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,347 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,092 Military Records
- 747 Immigration Records
- 5,774 Member Trees
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Number of Zeiner families
 2 - 1  2 - 1 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Zeiner 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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