The shea Surname

shea Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced form of O’Shea, Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Séaghdha ‘descendant of Séaghdha’, a byname meaning ‘fine’ or ‘fortunate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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shea Family Facts

Distribution of shea Families in the US in 1920

Number of shea families

1033-2063

345-1032

1-344

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
SHEA W Gene and Geneva June	t42Moore	0
Shea Family in Nova Scotia, Canada	sharnewm	1
Information about William and Helen Shea of New York	pnensel	0
Spc. Corey M. Shea of Mansfield, Mass. died Nov. 12, 2008	RIP_08	0
Mortimer Shea in Canton, Ohio Death Certificate & Dennis Shea death notice	DennisHance1	0
Harry Jack Shea or O'Shea	jacci_wagner	0
Does anyone have any information on Joseph A. Shea?	ur2bhis	0
Catherine Leamy Shea; New York	allegrashea	2
Shea's - Northampton, MA - 1864-1880	beachboys125	0
Sheas of Kenmare & Nashua NH	JcBowdren	0

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