Scherf Family History
- Scherf Name Meaning
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German, Middle Low German scherf, a coin worth half a penny, possibly applied as a nickname for a poor person. German: nickname from Middle High German scharpf, scherf ‘sharp’, ‘rough’, ‘eager’. German: habitational name from places in the Rhineland named Scherf, or from Scherfede near Warburg.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 50,068 Historical Documents with Scherf on Ancestry
- 30,738 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 6,057 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,377 Military Records
- 1,906 Immigration Records
- 8,990 Member Trees
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Number of Scherf families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Scherf census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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