Burwell Family History
Burwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place named Burwell, of which
there are examples in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, named with Old
English burh ‘fort’ + wella ‘spring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Burwell
Name Distribution of Burwell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Burwell families
 47 - 92  16 - 46 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Burwell families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Burwell census records
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Burwell Family Origin
Burwell Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Burwell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Burwell census records
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Military Service by Burwell
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