When James Milton Sherman was born on 28 November 1856, in Houghton Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, his father, Joseph Henry Sherman, was 29 and his mother, Matilda Jane Fick, was 25. He married Martha Medora Smith on 24 December 1879, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Greenbush, Greenbush Township, Alcona, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Charter Township of Shelby, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died on 14 September 1934, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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