Shrewsbury Family History
Shrewsbury Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, which is
named from an ancient district name derived from Old English
scrobb ‘scrub’, ‘brushwood’, + Old English byrig, dative
case of burh ‘fortified place’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shrewsbury
Name Distribution of Shrewsbury Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shrewsbury families
 31 - 59  11 - 30 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Shrewsbury Family Origin
Shrewsbury Emigration Information (US)
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Shrewsbury Family Occupations
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