Cornwell Family History
Cornwell Name Meaning
habitational name from Cornwell in Oxfordshire, named
from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron,
cran ‘crane’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.variant of Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cornwell
Name Distribution of Cornwell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cornwell families
 228 - 454  77 - 227 |
 1 - 76  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cornwell families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cornwell census records
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Cornwell Family Origin
Cornwell Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Cornwell families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Cornwell Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Cornwell families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Cornwell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Cornwell census records
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Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Cornwell
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