Deshields Family History
- Deshields Name Meaning
- Possibly a part Americanized form of Dutch de Schilder, an occupational name for a gilder or painter (of arms), from schilder ‘painter’, a derivative of schild ‘shield’, ‘scutcheon’, ‘coat of arms’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 21,903 Historical Documents with Deshields on Ancestry
- 8,063 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,428 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,328 Military Records
- 370 Immigration Records
- 8,714 Member Trees
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