Southwell Family History
Southwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, so
called from Old English suð ‘south’ + well(a)
‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Southwell
Name Distribution of Southwell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Southwell families
 215 - 428  72 - 214 |
 1 - 71  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Southwell families
|
13 - 24 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Southwell census records
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Southwell Family Origin
Southwell Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Southwell Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Southwell families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Southwell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Southwell census records
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Military Service by Southwell
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