Sherwin Family History
Sherwin Name Meaning
English: nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English
schere(n) ‘to shear’ + wind ‘wind’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Sherwin Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sherwin families
 35 - 67  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sherwin families
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143 - 284 48 - 142 |
1 - 47 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sherwin families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sherwin census records
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Sherwin Family Origin
Sherwin Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sherwin
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Sherwin Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sherwin census records
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Sherwin Civil War Service Records
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