Shinn Family History
Shinn Name Meaning
English: metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old
English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In
Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent,
skinn.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shinn
Name Distribution of Shinn Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shinn families
 91 - 179  31 - 90 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shinn families
|
77 - 152 26 - 76 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shinn families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shinn census records
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Shinn Family Origin
Shinn Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Shinn families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Shinn
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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
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Shinn Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shinn census records
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Shinn Civil War Service Records
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