1,180 documented Howard ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English, from a Norman-Germanic personal name ('high guardian'), or an occupational name for a hog-ward.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 1,164 Howard records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: James, Charles, Robert, John and Mary.
Of the 1,163 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is R. F. Howard, born 1814 in Ohio.
Documented Howard families on this page come from Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Portrait and Biographical Record of Hamilton County, Ohio and Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa, with biographical sketches.
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Deceased Howard ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English, from a Norman-Germanic personal name ('high guardian'), or an occupational name for a hog-ward.
The documented line here reaches back to 1814. Most Howard lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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