Orvil Sherman

Brief Life History of Orvil

Orvil Sherman was born as the son of John Sherman and Barbara Margaret Vosburg.

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John Sherman
1800–1873
Barbara Margaret Vosburg
1813–1872
Alexander Collier
1848–1924
John E Sherman
1848–
Orvil Sherman
Orville Sherman
1852–1915
Oliver Van Dureu Sherman
1855–1937

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    Name Meaning

    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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