Herdman Family History
- Herdman Name Meaning
- English (chiefly Northumbria): occupational name for a tender of animals, normally a cowherd or shepherd, from Middle English herde + man ‘man’. The surname is also found in Ireland, where it dates back to around the 14th century. Scottish: status name from Old English hiredman ‘retainer’, denoting a member of a lord’s household and followers, the hired. German (Herdmann): occupational name for a tender of animals (see Herder).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 126,739 Historical Documents with Herdman on Ancestry
- 36,444 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 26,477 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,399 Military Records
- 3,455 Immigration Records
- 56,964 Member Trees
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Number of Herdman families
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 1 - 44  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Herdman families
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14 - 25 5 - 13 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Herdman census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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