Sheffield Family History
Sheffield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city in South Yorkshire, so
called from the river name Sheaf (from Old English
sceað ‘boundary’) + Old English feld ‘pasture’,
‘open country’. There are also minor places of the same name in Sussex
(from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ +
feld) and Berkshire (from Old English sceo ‘shelter’,
‘shed’ + feld), which may have contributed to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sheffield
Name Distribution of Sheffield Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sheffield families
 162 - 322  55 - 161 |
 1 - 54  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sheffield families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sheffield census records
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Sheffield Family Origin
Sheffield Emigration Information (US)
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Sheffield Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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