Hassel Family History
- Hassel Name Meaning
- German: topographic name from has ‘marsh’ + lo ‘wooded lowland’, or a habitational name from a place so named (for example, in Hannover and Westphalia). Swedish (also Hässel): ornamental name from Swedish hassel ‘hazel’, or possibly a habitational name from a place name containing the element Hassel or Hässel. Belgian: habitational name from Hasselt in Belgian Limburg, Ophasselt in East Flanders, or Neerhasselt in Aalst, East Flanders; the place names denote the presence of hazel trees.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 102,905 Historical Documents with Hassel on Ancestry
- 56,882 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 13,748 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,234 Military Records
- 4,864 Immigration Records
- 24,177 Member Trees
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Number of Hassel families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hassel families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hassel 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
Hassel census records
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