Researching George Shepley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 815 people with the Shepley surname? In that year Shepley was ranked number 2768 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Shepley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Shepley and the Shepley Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 570 people with the Shepley surname in the UK? Shepley is now ranked number 3502 for popularity in the UK. |
Shepley Genealogy Databases
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Shepley Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Shepley surname in the USA? Shepley is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Shepley Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on George Shepley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Shepley
George Foster Shepley (architect)
George Foster Shepley (1860–1903), FAIA, was an American architect in the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor to the firm of architect Henry Hobson Richardson. George Foster Shepley was born on November 7, 1860 in St Louis, Missouri. He received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1880 and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1882. Shepley worked in the offices of Ware & Van Brunt and later in the office of Henry Hobson Richardson.
Shepley married Richardson's daughter, Julia Hayden Shepley, in 1886. Together the couple had five children.
Shepley died in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1903, where he had moved for health-related reasons.
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