Farnell Family History
- Farnell Name Meaning
- English: habitational name from any of the many places, such as Farnell (Kent, Wiltshire), Farnhill (West Yorkshire), and Fernhill (Cheshire), named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + hyll ‘hill’. In a few cases it may also derive from Farnell in Angus, Scotland, although the surname is not now common in Scotland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 133,066 Historical Documents with Farnell on Ancestry
- 42,597 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 32,700 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,941 Military Records
- 3,156 Immigration Records
- 51,672 Member Trees
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Number of Farnell families
 251 - 499  84 - 250 |
 1 - 83  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Farnell families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Farnell census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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