Brief Life History of Sheldon
When Sheldon was born in November 1891, in New York, United States, his father, James Clark Sheldon, was 36 and his mother, Carrie E Fenn, was 27. He died in December 1891, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Grove Cemetery, Delanson, Schenectady, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Baby Hicks Sheldon, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1855–1936 Male
1864–1952 Female
Siblings (3)
1885–1967 Male
1891–1891 Male
1894–1910 Male
Name Meaning
English: habitational name in most cases from Sheldon in Derbyshire, but sometimes from Sheldon in Warwickshire or Devon, or from Sheldon in Chippenham (Wiltshire). The Derbyshire place, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, probably takes its name from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + the placename Haddon, itself from Old English hǣth ‘heath’ + dūn ‘hill’. The Warwickshire and Wiltshire placenames probably derive from Old English scelf + dūn, while the Devon placename probably comes from Old English scelf + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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