Schiffman Family History
- Schiffman Name Meaning
- German (Schiffmann): occupational name for a shipman (see Schiffer). Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schiff ‘ship’ + Mann ‘man’, an ornamental name or possibly denoting someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a ship.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 35,641 Historical Documents with Schiffman on Ancestry
- 15,638 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 7,309 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,817 Military Records
- 3,341 Immigration Records
- 7,536 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Schiffman census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Schiffman census records
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