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painter Name Meaning and History

English: from Middle English, Old French peinto(u)r, oblique case of peintre ‘painter’, hence an occupational name for a painter (normally of colored glass). In the Middle Ages the walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’ at St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in central and southern England.
German: topographic name for someone living in a fenced enclosure (see Bainter).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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painter Family Facts

Distribution of painter Families in the US in 1920

Number of painter families

273-543

92-272

1-91

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Threads: 550 - Messages: 1590

Thread	Author	Replies
John Painter, Strasburg, VA	CharlesPainter18	0
WEDEL Winifred PAINTER and Neil Elmer	t42Moore	0
Painter born Staffordshire, England.	peterastle06	5
martha Ellen Painter	painter,gill,doyle,collins	26
Tobias & Jacob Painter - PA. Married to Lobingiers	beth_hennessey	6
Painter DNA Project	MarkPainter	0
painter/ panther, pauther, pander	jrmcsw	0
Painter; John & Cornelia	kswulfcub1	0
George Bender/Painter 1730's - 1817	MarkPainter	5
William Painter and Donald Painter	cagranderson	1

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