Jessel Family History
- Jessel Name Meaning
- English: from a pet form of Jessup. German: probably a topographic name from Czech jes(en) ‘ash tree’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 24,482 Historical Documents with Jessel on Ancestry
- 12,145 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,275 Census and Voter Lists
- 953 Military Records
- 1,883 Immigration Records
- 5,226 Member Trees
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Number of Jessel families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jessel 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
Jessel census records
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