Shakespeare Family History
Shakespeare Name Meaning
English: from Middle English schak(k)en ‘to brandish’ +
speer ‘spear’, nickname for a belligerent person or perhaps a
bawdy nickname for an exhibitionist or womanizer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Shakespeare Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shakespeare families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shakespeare families
|
135 - 267 46 - 134 |
1 - 45 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shakespeare families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shakespeare census records
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Shakespeare Family Origin
Shakespeare Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Shakespeare
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Shakespeare Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shakespeare census records
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Shakespeare Civil War Service Records
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