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Position:Home>Genealogy> Shellenbarger: This was my Grandfather's last name.?Question: Shellenbarger: This was my Grandfather's last name.?I know nothing about the geneology of my Grandfather. My family was very secretive about where we came from. His last name was Shellenbarger. Is it German? German-Jew? Something else? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Shellenbarger Americanized form of German Schellenberger. Schellenberger German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Schellenberg. Schellenberg German and Swiss German: habitational name from any of various places in Germany and Switzerland called Schellenberg. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 Link in the resolved Q's if you are interested. If he is dead and had an American SSN and it is worth $27 to you, his SSN application will tell where and when he was born, and his parents' names. |