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Find more Schearer relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 145 more people named Schearer in the United States — and some of them are likely related to you.

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What if you had a window into the history of your family? With historical records, you do. From home life to career, records help bring your relatives' experiences into focus. There were 308 people named Schearer in the 1930 U.S. Census. In 1940, there were 47% more people named Schearer in the United States. What was life like for them?

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In 1940, 453 people named Schearer were living in the United States. In a snapshot:

  • 15 were disabled
  • 84 adults were unmarried
  • 436 rented out rooms to boarders
  • They typically took 10 weeks of vacation a year

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As Schearer families continued to grow, they left more tracks on the map:

  • The most common mother tongue was Tyrolean
  • Most mothers originated from Pennsylvania
  • 52 migrated within the United States from 1935 to 1940
  • Most immigrants originated from Germany