Researching Edward Scaife
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1328 people with the Scaife surname? In that year Scaife was ranked number 2303 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Scaife on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Scaife and the Scaife Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1916 people with the Scaife surname in the UK? Scaife is now ranked number 2403 for popularity in the UK. |
Scaife Family Tree Databases
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Edward Scaife. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edward Scaife
Edward Scaife
Edward Scaife BSC (23 May 1912 – November 1994) was an English cinematographer, who worked five times with the director John Huston.
Sometimes credited as Ted Scaife, he worked originally in the sound department of a London film company. From 1940 onwards, he was a member of the camera crew in productions such as Michael Powell's Black Narcissus (1947) and Huston's African Queen. From 1951 he was first employed as a chief camera man, and photographed films of all genres, including Night of the Demon (1957), 633 Squadron (1964), Khartoum (1966), and The Dirty Dozen (1967), before retiring from the industry in 1979.
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