Sher Family History
Sher Name Meaning
English: variant of Shear 1.Jewish (eastern
Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Scher.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sher
Name Distribution of Sher Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sher families
 53 - 103  18 - 52 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sher families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sher families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sher census records
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Sher Family Origin
Sher Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Sher families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sher
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Sher Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sher census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Sher ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Sher Civil War Service Records
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