Shorecross is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the county of Derbyshire. The surname Shorecross is a habitation surname which forms a broad category of surnames that were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. In this case the family was named after the ancient stone cross that stood in the High Peak forest in the parish of Shackelcross.
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Early Origins of the Shorecross family
The surname Shorecross was first found in Derbyshire at Shallcross, a small village in northwestern portion of the shire. Some claim the name Shallcross comes from an ancient stone cross, known as the Shall Cross which dated back to 832 when St. Paulinus visited the area.
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Early History of the Shorecross family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shorecross research. Another 58 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1686 is included under the topic Early Shorecross History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Shorecross Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Shorecross family name include Shallcross, Shalcross, Shawcross, Shallcrosse and others.
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Early Notables of the Shorecross family
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Migration of the Shorecross family
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Shorecross surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Bradford, James and Samuel Shawcross arrived in Philadelphia between 1852 and 1871.
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