Reuter Family History
- Reuter Name Meaning
- German: derivative of Middle High German (ge)riute ‘clearing’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing or an occupational name for a clearer of woodland. Reut(e) and Reit are frequent elements of place names, indicating location in a forest or former forest. German: derogatory nickname from Middle High German riutære ‘footpad’, ‘highwayman’; later, possibly an occupational name for a mounted soldier (see Reiter).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 391,335 Historical Documents with Reuter on Ancestry
- 250,205 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 32,062 Census and Voter Lists
- 22,706 Military Records
- 15,839 Immigration Records
- 70,523 Member Trees
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Number of Reuter families
 18 - 33  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Reuter families
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2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Reuter 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
Reuter census records
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