Skelton Family History
Skelton Name Meaning
Northern English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and
Yorkshire, originally named with the same elements as Shelton,
but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian
influence. The surname has also been established in Ireland for four
or five centuries.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Skelton
Name Distribution of Skelton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Skelton families
 65 - 127  22 - 64 |
 1 - 21  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Skelton families
|
542 - 1,081 181 - 541 |
1 - 180 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Skelton families
|
41 - 80 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Skelton census records
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Skelton Family Origin
Skelton Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Skelton
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Skelton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Skelton census records
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