SCATCHARD or
SCATCHERD
Family Trees in NORTH AMERICA
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Not since the years Dave Scatchard played in the NHL have we heard the Scatchard name abused on TV like were hearing now, whenever Mena Scatchard competes in a track meet for Stanford U. We've heard Ska-cher, Scratchard and Scaather amongst others. So as a public service we're posting up a simple cartoon on how to pronounce both names correctly.
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Click on logos above to see the family connections.
Not since the years Dave Scatchard played in the NHL have we heard the Scatchard name abused on TV like were hearing now, whenever Mena Scatchard competes in a track meet for Stanford U. We've heard Ska-cher, Scratchard and Scaather amongst others. So as a public service we're posting up a simple cartoon on how to pronounce both names correctly.
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After scouring North America for almost 15 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.
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A tip of the genealogical cap goes out to the following Scatchards for immense help with this Tree:
Brother Jay, Arcadia, CA.
Cousin Eric, Pottstown, PA.
Cousin-across-the-pond, Bill, London, UK.
Cousin Jacquie Scatcherd, Ontario, Canada.
Researcher extraordinaire, Debbie Burr, Forest, Ontario, Canada.
Distant cousin, Kitty Jarvis Blair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
French speaking Canadian cousin, Gabrielle Morse Scatcherd.
