Wessels Family History
Wessels Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Wessel 1.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wessels
Name Distribution of Wessels Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wessels families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wessels census records
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Wessels Family Origin
Wessels Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wessels Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wessels census records
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Military Service by Wessels
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