Shedden Family History
Shedden Name Meaning
Scottish: perhaps a habitational name from Sheddens in the former
county of Renfrewshire, which derives its name from an unidentified
first element + Middle English den ‘hollow’, ‘valley’.
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Name Distribution of Shedden Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shedden families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shedden families
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18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shedden families
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61 - 120 21 - 60 |
1 - 20 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shedden census records
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Shedden Family Origin
Shedden Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Shedden
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Shedden Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shedden census records
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