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Sheffield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city in South Yorkshire, so
called from the river name Sheaf (from Old English
sceað ‘boundary’) + Old English feld ‘pasture’,
‘open country’. There are also minor places of the same name in Sussex
(from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ +
feld) and Berkshire (from Old English sceo ‘shelter’,
‘shed’ + feld), which may have contributed to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sheffield
Name Distribution of Sheffield Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sheffield families
 158 - 313  53 - 157 |
 1 - 52  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sheffield families
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162 - 322 55 - 161 |
1 - 54 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sheffield families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sheffield census records
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Sheffield Family Origin
Sheffield Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Sheffield
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Sheffield Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Sheffield Civil War Service Records
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