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The sheldon Surname

sheldon Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the various places so called. The main source is probably the one in Derbyshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, formed by the addition of the Old English distinguishing term scylf ‘shelf’ to the place name Haddon (from Old English h?ð ‘heath(er)’ + dun ‘hill’). There are also places called Sheldon in Devon (from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + denu ‘valley’) and Birmingham (from Old English scylf + dun ‘hill’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The sheldon name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the sheldon family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of sheldon Families in the US in 1920
Number of sheldon families
 334-665
 112-333		 1-111
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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