Show ContentsScheirer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Scheirer family

The surname Scheirer was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Scotland to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Scheirer family

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Scheirer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Shearer, Sherar, Sherer, Sheerer and others.

Early Notables of the Scheirer family

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Ireland Migration of the Scheirer family to Ireland

Some of the Scheirer family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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United States Scheirer migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Scheirer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Henry Scheirer, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1857 1
  • Charles Scheirer, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1858 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Scheirer (post 1700) +

  • Henry V. Scheirer, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1940 2


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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