The scheer Surname
scheer Name Meaning and History
- German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of shears and scissors, or a metonymic occupational name for a cutter (of cloth, hair, etc.), from Middle High German schere, Middle Dutch sc(h)erre ‘shears’.
- Jewish: variant of Scher.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Scheer Germany to Indiana to Wisconsin |
| 2 |
| Fredrick Scheer, Family |
 rwaite
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| Scheer emigration to Wisconsin from Scheeswig Holstein | Nedra Scheer Westwater | 3 |
| LaVerne Hansen-Biological Mother | Alice Chubb | 1 |
| Helen Scheer Any info |
Ginbean69
| 1 |
| Admiral Reinhard Scheer | Jacquie Scherr | 4 |
| Scheer from Nebraska to Washington |
lharries1
| 2 |
| Scheer in Milwaulkee |
moonladi
| 0 |
| Edward W. Scheer, Missouri to Arkansas | Stacey | 2 |
| Scheer family of Rendsburg, Schleswig Holstein | Nedra Scheer Westwater | 1 |
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