Shaffer Family History
Shaffer Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of German Schaffer ‘steward’ or of
Schaefer ‘shepherd’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shaffer
Name Distribution of Shaffer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shaffer families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shaffer families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shaffer census records
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Shaffer Family Origin
Shaffer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Shaffer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Shaffer census records
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Military Service by Shaffer
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