Hassel Family History
Hassel Name Meaning
German: topographic name from has ‘marsh’ + lo
‘wooded lowland’, or a habitational name from a place so named (for
example, in Hannover and Westphalia).Swedish (also
Hässel): ornamental name from Swedish hassel ‘hazel’,
or possibly a habitational name from a place name containing the
element Hassel or Hässel.Belgian:
habitational name from Hasselt in Belgian Limburg, Ophasselt in East
Flanders, or Neerhasselt in Aalst, East Flanders; the place names
denote the presence of hazel trees.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hassel
Name Distribution of Hassel Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hassel families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hassel families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hassel census records
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Hassel Family Origin
Hassel Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hassel Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hassel census records
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Military Service by Hassel
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