Sheldon Family History
Sheldon Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places so
called. The main source is probably the one in Derbyshire, recorded in
Domesday Book as Scelhadun, formed by the addition of the Old
English distinguishing term scylf ‘shelf’ to the place name
Haddon (from Old English h?ð ‘heath(er)’ +
dun ‘hill’). There are also places called Sheldon in Devon
(from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + denu ‘valley’) and
Birmingham (from Old English scylf + dun ‘hill’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Sheldon Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sheldon families
 589 - 1,176  197 - 588 |
 1 - 196  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sheldon families
|
24 - 45 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sheldon Family Origin
Sheldon Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Sheldon Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Sheldon Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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