The scheid Surname
scheid Name Meaning and History
- German: variant of Scheidt.
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German scheide, German Scheide ‘sheath (of a sword)’, applied as a German metonymic occupational name for someone who made scabbards or a Jewish ornamental name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Scheid Family - PA/IN/OH |
 rfalvo
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| Nicklaus Scheid - Michigan |
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| Scheid- Michigan | Casey Scheid Philipp | 5 |
| Family background | Amy M Scheid | 43 |
| Gravestone photo: SCHEID James Y. & Viola B. |
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| johann wilhelm scheid |
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| Scheid from Prussia | Sherry | 3 |
| Scheid from Alsace Lorraine |
Kquerna
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| Scheidt, to Scheid, to Schied |
ssfieb
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| Connections to Margaret Scheid Wadle and Peter Scheid, Jersey City, NJ |
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