Cantwell Family History
Cantwell Name Meaning
English: possibly a habitational name from Canwell in
Staffordshire, named with either Old English canne ‘can’, ‘cup’
or the Old English personal name Cana + well(a)
‘spring’, ‘stream’. The surname is common in Ireland as well as
England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cantwell
Name Distribution of Cantwell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cantwell families
 47 - 92  16 - 46 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cantwell families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cantwell census records
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Cantwell Family Origin
Cantwell Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cantwell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cantwell census records
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Military Service by Cantwell
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