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My family's last name was probably Schaefer in Germany. The earliest graves in America show them as Scheffert instead but shortly after they became "Shuford" wh
by FactolSarin 2y ago
My family's last name was probably Schaefer in Germany. The earliest graves in America show them as Scheffert instead but shortly after they became "Shuford" which I guess they thought sounded more English (they were here pre-Revolution).
I always find it funny they did such a bad job of anglicizing it. Shuford doesn't really sound any more English to my ears.
- crazygringo 2y agoHa, that's a funny one -- Shuford is an unusual one. If they'd gone with "Shefford", it would have sounded 100% Anglicized: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shefford,_Bedfordshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shefford,_Bedfordshire