Jewell Family History
Jewell Name Meaning
English (of Breton or Cornish origin): from a Celtic personal name,
Old Breton Iudicael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ +
‘generous’, ‘bountiful’, which was borne by a 7th-century saint, a
king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in
a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only
in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in
East Anglia and even Yorkshire, whither they were imported by Bretons
after the Norman Conquest.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Jewell
Name Distribution of Jewell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jewell families
 341 - 680  114 - 340 |
 1 - 113  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jewell families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jewell census records
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Jewell Family Origin
Jewell Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Jewell Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Jewell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Jewell census records
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Military Service by Jewell
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