Shea Family History
Shea Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Shea, Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Séaghdha ‘descendant of Séaghdha’, a byname
meaning ‘fine’ or ‘fortunate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shea
Name Distribution of Shea Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shea families
 376 - 750  126 - 375 |
 1 - 125  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shea families
|
25 - 47 9 - 24 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shea census records
You can see how Shea families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Shea Family Origin
Shea Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Shea families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Shea Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Shea families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Shea Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Shea census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Shea ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Shea
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