Shreve Family History
Shreve Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a sheriff, from Middle English
schiref, shreeve, shryve ‘sheriff’, from Old
English scir ‘shire’, ‘administrative district’ +
(ge)refa ‘reeve’ (see Reeve). In some cases it may
have arisen from a nickname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shreve
Name Distribution of Shreve Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shreve families
 37 - 72  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shreve families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shreve families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Shreve Family Origin
Shreve Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Shreve
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Shreve Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shreve census records
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Shreve Civil War Service Records
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