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deshields Name Meaning and History

Possibly a part Americanized form of Dutch de Schilder, an occupational name for a gilder or painter (of arms), from schilder ‘painter’, a derivative of schild ‘shield’, ‘scutcheon’, ‘coat of arms’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of deshields Families in the US in 1920
Number of deshields families
 25-48
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Margaret DeShield born 1835 Maryland Louisie 0
Deshields / Sanford MS>LA>TX dolyta 2
Deshields/Stone/Rhodes DSchwendimann 37
Deshields Tanga Moody 17
James and Mary DeShields Elizabeth Allegheny Pa. penguin1 0
DESHIELDS Family Photograph scardiel 0
William DeShields of Morgan Co., GA Annie Crenshaw 1
Henry Deshields b:Bet. 1813 - 1818 d:Bef. 1892 NC edwardcdeshields 0
The De Shields Name Layne Staral 2
Joe Lee DESHIELDS Janie DeShields 4
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