Sconce Family History
Sconce Name Meaning
perhaps a
topographic name from Middle English sconce ‘defensive
earthwork’ or ‘protective screen of brushwood’, from Dutch
schans.alternatively, perhaps a nickname for someone who
carried a lantern with a screen to protect the flame from the wind,
Middle English skonse, Old French esconse.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sconce
Name Distribution of Sconce Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sconce families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sconce families
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23 - 43 8 - 22 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sconce families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sconce census records
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Sconce Family Origin
Sconce Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sconce
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Sconce Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sconce census records
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