Shorney Name Study

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Surnames/tags: Shorney shorny Shorneys_in

Contents 1 How to Participate 2 Goals 3 Task List 4 Meaning and Origin 5 Resources 6 Name Variations 7 Useful Links

How to Participate

Please contact the Study's coordinator Steph Meredith or post a comment at the foot of the page. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!

Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.

All categories can be found here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Shorney_Name_Study

Task List

• find Famous and/Notable Shorneys

Meaning and Origin

• From the Flemish, Schournoy; a personal name. The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 179,158. In England Shorney is mostly concentrated in: Somerset, where 15 percent reside, Hampshire, where 14 percent reside and West Midlands, where 11 percent reside. Outside of England Shorney occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Wales, where 14 percent reside. Seems from research that they Started off in Cannington, Somerset

Resources

• List of Shorneys on Wikitree

• G2G feed of questions tagged "Shorney".

• Orphaned Shorney profiles on WikiTree.

• Unsourced Shorney profiles on WikiTree.

• Unconnected Shorney profiles on WikiTree.

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Name Variations

Name	Profile	Variation
Isett Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-1	Shawney
George Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-33	Showey
Emma Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-39	Sherney
Henry Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-67	Thorney
Richard Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-68	Thornley
Albert Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-84	Shorney
George Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-197	Sharny
George Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-201	Schorney
Sarah Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-244	Sharney
William Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-258	Shorny
John Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-259	Shornway
Maria Shorney	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shorney-260	Shornnay

Useful Links

• http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/OStowBur17271812.htm
• https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills