Skelton Family History
Skelton Name Meaning
Northern English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and
Yorkshire, originally named with the same elements as Shelton,
but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian
influence. The surname has also been established in Ireland for four
or five centuries.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Skelton
Name Distribution of Skelton Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Skelton families
 542 - 1,081  181 - 541 |
 1 - 180  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Skelton families
|
41 - 80 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Skelton census records
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Skelton Family Origin
Skelton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Skelton Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Skelton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Skelton census records
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Military Service by Skelton
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