Schipper Family History
Schipper Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: occupational name for a shipman or (in
German) a shipbuilder, from an agent derivative of schip
‘ship’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a
shovel maker or a digger, from German Schippe ‘shovel’, ‘spade’
+ 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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Schipper
Name Distribution of Schipper Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schipper families
 25 - 47  9 - 24 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schipper families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Schipper families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schipper census records
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Schipper Family Origin
Schipper Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Schipper families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schipper
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Schipper Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schipper census records
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Schipper Civil War Service Records
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