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The skelton Surname

skelton Name Meaning and History

Northern English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, originally named with the same elements as Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence. The surname has also been established in Ireland for four or five centuries.

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

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

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Distribution of skelton Families in the US in 1920
Number of skelton families
 65-127
 22-64		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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