Palen Family History
Palen Name Meaning
Variant of North German Pahlen, a topographic name from Middle Low German pal ‘post’, ‘stake’, ‘boundary marker’.French: variant of Palin.Americanized spelling of Belgian Peelen, a habitational name for someone from either of two places called Peel, in North Brabant and Limburg.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Palen
Name Distribution of Palen Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Palen families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Palen families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Palen census records
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Palen Family Origin
Palen Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Palen Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Palen census records
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Military Service by Palen
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