434 documented Sherman ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English occupational name for a shearer of woolen cloth ('shear-man').
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 425 Sherman records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: William, John, Mary, James and Mildred.
Of the 425 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 79 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Adam Sherman, born 1803 in Maryland.
Documented Sherman families on this page come from Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Portrait and Biographical Record of Hancock County, Ohio and Centennial Biographical Record of Champaign County, Ohio.
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Deceased Sherman ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English occupational name for a shearer of woolen cloth ('shear-man').
The documented line here reaches back to 1803. Most Sherman lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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