Sherley Family History
Sherley Name Meaning
Variant spelling of English Shirley.Americanized
form of Norwegian Sjøli, Sjølie, a habitational
name from a farmstead named with sjø ‘sea’, ‘lake’ +
li ‘hillside’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sherley
Name Distribution of Sherley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sherley families
 22 - 42  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sherley families
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46 - 90 16 - 45 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sherley families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sherley Family Origin
Sherley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Sherley
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Sherley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Sherley Civil War Service Records
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