Schimmer Family History
- Schimmer Name Meaning
- German: probably a topographic name; it is found as the first element in compound topographic names, but its meaning is unclear. There are several places called Schimm, for example near Wismar and near Osnabrück, and in some instances the surname may be habitational. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental from German Schimmer ‘glimmer’, ‘shimmer’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 15,755 Historical Documents with Schimmer on Ancestry
- 6,528 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,095 Census and Voter Lists
- 990 Military Records
- 956 Immigration Records
- 5,186 Member Trees
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Number of Schimmer families
 3 - 3  2 - 2 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schimmer census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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