Wells Family History
Wells Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places named
with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a
topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example
Wells in Somerset or Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wells
Name Distribution of Wells Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wells families
 2,658 - 5,313  887 - 2,657 |
 1 - 886  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wells families
|
89 - 176 30 - 88 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wells census records
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Wells Family Origin
Wells Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wells Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Wells families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Wells Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wells census records
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Military Service by Wells
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