Arnold Family History
- Arnold Name Meaning
- English and German: from a very widely used personal name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule’. In addition, it has probably absorbed various European cognates and their derivatives (for the forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988). English: habitational name from either of the two places called Arnold (see Arnall). Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name, at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 7,864,257 Historical Documents with Arnold on Ancestry
- 2,059,645 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,100,306 Census and Voter Lists
- 245,689 Military Records
- 98,335 Immigration Records
- 4,360,282 Member Trees
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Number of Arnold families
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 1 - 524  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Arnold families
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18 - 34 7 - 17 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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