Rector Family History
- Rector Name Meaning
- German and Dutch: status name for the director of an institution, in particular the head of a religious house or a college. Americanized form of German Richter.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 752,418 Historical Documents with Rector on Ancestry
- 148,859 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 68,215 Census and Voter Lists
- 17,710 Military Records
- 2,721 Immigration Records
- 514,913 Member Trees
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Number of Rector families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rector families
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2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Rector census records
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Rector census records
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