| ![Show Contents]() Shover History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Shover familyThe surname Shover was first found in Hertfordshire, where the first record of the name was Aluricus Scoua who was listed in the Domesday Book. Leuuinus Scufe was listed c. 1067 in the reference "Old English Bynames" and Wulnod Scoue was listed as a Templar Knight in 1185. The name is probably derived from the Old English word "scufa," which means to "thrust, push." The name is often metonymic for Shoveller and it's variants. In this latter case, the name is a trade name for someone who makes "shovels." As the names are so similar phonetically, it is now difficult to clearly determine which origin is which. One branch of the family was found at Knowlton in Kent. "The mansion-house was the residence of Sir Cloudesley Shovel, to whom it came by marriage with the widow of Sir John Harborough, whose two sons were drowned with Sir Cloudesley when his vessel was wrecked off the Scilly Isles." 1 Born John Shovell in 1650, he assumed the first name of Cloudesley from his maternal grandmother Lucy Cloudisley and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet from a cabin boy. Early History of the Shover familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shover research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1301, 1609, 1650, 1703, 1707 and 1777 are included under the topic Early Shover History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Shover Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Shovel, Showl, Shovell, Shoveller, Shouler, Showler and many more. Early Notables of the Shover familyAnother 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Shover Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Shover RankingIn the United States, the name Shover is the 14,762nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2
 Shover migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Shover Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Frederick Shover, who landed in Maryland in 1847 3
- Christian Shover, who arrived in Texas in 1851 3
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Shover migration to the United States 
