Finer Family History
- Finer Name Meaning
- English: occupational name for a refiner of gold and other metals, from Middle English fine(n) ‘to refine or purify’ (a derivative of fine ‘fine’, ‘pure’). Probably a translated form of German Feiner.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 28,136 Historical Documents with Finer on Ancestry
- 9,768 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 11,698 Census and Voter Lists
- 966 Military Records
- 1,725 Immigration Records
- 3,979 Member Trees
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Number of Finer families
 24 - 46  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Finer families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Finer census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Finer census records
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