Wessel Family History
Wessel Name Meaning
Dutch and German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner.German: habitational name from Wessel in Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
92,631
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wessel
Name Distribution of Wessel Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wessel families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wessel last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wessel census records
You can see how Wessel families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Wessel census records
>
Wessel Family Origin
Wessel Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Wessel emigration records
You can find out when most of the Wessel families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
View all Wessel emigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Wessel Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wessel census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Wessel ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Wessel census records >
Military Service by Wessel
Message Board about Wessel
99 Threads, 26
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Wessel.
Threads: 99 - Messages: 26
×