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If you're a SCATCH.RD in North America, you're in exclusive company!
ELSIE REED (Joe Tree #5-23) b. 1918
JACK (Louisa Tree #3-05) b. 1927
CADEN (Walter Tree #5-06) b. 2009
SAWYER (Thomas Tree #6-32) b. 2010
Family Tree in NORTH AMERICA
After scouring North America for almost 10 years now, we have found that just two families
account for 99% of Scatch.rds who immigrated here from England, even though 57 varieties of the name are said to exist.
Both were originally penned, of course, in the 18th and 19th centuries when literate church clergy
in the West
Riding district of Yorkshire, England, wrote down the names of parish members for them during
christenings, marriages
and funerals, based on what they heard.
The two spellings (in order of frequency) are Scatchard and Scatcherd. Furthermore, none of us studying this were surprised to find them inter-changable over time. From one generation to the next ARDs moved to ERDs and/or vice-versa. But there can be no doubt that, if you go back far enough, it is all proven to be the same family. Click on the names at the top to jump to the Tree of your choice.
Tree members, please send over any additions or corrections AND any interesting facts about relative's lives. As you can see, we still have a lot of information missing.
Steve Scatchard
A tip of the genealogical cap goes out to the following Scatchards for immense help with this Tree:
VISITORS
Current to May 2013
Brother Jay, Arcadia, CA.
Cousin Eric, Pottstown, PA.
Cousin Jacquie Scatcherd, Ontario, Canada.
Cousin-across-the-pond, Bill, London, UK.
Researcher extraordinaire, Debbie Burr, Forest, Ontario, Canada.
Friend indeed, Linda Colista, Dallas, TX.
Distant cousin, Kitty Jarvis Blair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
