Schetter Family History
Schetter Name Meaning
South German: metonymic occupational name for someone who sold
fine fabric, from Middle High German scheter ‘fine, shiny
linen’. In some cases it may have been a nickname for an extravagant
dresser.North German: occupational name for an appraiser,
from Middle Low German scheten ‘to gauge’, ‘appraise’ + the
agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Schetter
Name Distribution of Schetter Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schetter families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schetter families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schetter census records
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Schetter Family Origin
Schetter Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schetter
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Schetter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schetter census records
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Schetter Civil War Service Records
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