Shelby Family History
Shelby Name Meaning
English: of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Selby, or
a habitational name from an unidentified place named with the northern
Middle English elements schele ‘hut’ + by
‘settlement’, ‘farm’ (Old Norse býr).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shelby
Name Distribution of Shelby Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shelby families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shelby families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Shelby Family Origin
Shelby Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Shelby Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Shelby
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