The surname Leir was first found in Ulm, where the family was established in early times.
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Early History of the Leir family
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Leir Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Leier, Leir, Laer, Leyer, Leyher, Layer, Layher, Laier and many more.
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Early Notables of the Leir family
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Leir migration to the United States
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Leir Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Mr. Richard Hugh Leir, British Midshipman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking, also sailed aboard the HMS Exeter2
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)