The Shedd surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,868 people carried this name — #8,512 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,930 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Shedd surname

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shedd» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Shedd in American newspapers,
1896–1913.

Newspaper page from Baptist Courier carrying the name Shedd
Baptist Courier 1906-02-08
Newspaper page from The Journal carrying the name Shedd
The Journal 1896-04-10
Newspaper page from The Bamberg Herald carrying the name Shedd
The Bamberg Herald 1913-02-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,469 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shedd in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1930s.

50 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shedd. The most, 13, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
Queensland 11
Victoria 7
Western Australia 7
South Australia 5
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shedd.

Who carried it

People named Shedd,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Greenough Thayer Shedd
    William Greenough Thayer Shedd 1820–1894 · writer
  • Sarah Jane Dawes
    Sarah Jane Dawes 1836–1921 · teacher
  • John G. Shedd
    John G. Shedd 1850–1926 · businessperson
  • Calvin Shedd 1826–1891 · carpenter
  • Julia Ann Clark Shedd 1834–1897 · writer
  • John Augustus Shedd 1859–1928 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shedd,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States316 records

316 records of the Shedd name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 76
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank J. Shedd

    Born 1907 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 at Boston; machine shop worker from Suffolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold Shedd

    Born 1930; from Lawrence County, Tennessee. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frank Shedd

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; merchant. From Ohio; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 316 records for Shedd in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Shedd name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Charles W. Shedd

    Married 1883 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Merton E. Shedd

    Married 1893 in Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Shedd name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Shedd

    Sailed from Victoria in 1874 aboard the Lincolnshire, bound for London, aged 7.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Shedd in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shedd name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. H. Shedd

    Al Sussex Regiment.-. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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