Shafter Family History
Shafter Name Meaning
German: altered spelling of Schaffter.German and
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Schaffter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shafter
Name Distribution of Shafter Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shafter families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shafter families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Shafter last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shafter census records
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Shafter Family Origin
Shafter Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Shafter
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Shafter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shafter census records
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Shafter Civil War Service Records
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