Knell Family History
- Knell Name Meaning
- English: topographic name for someone living by a knoll or hilltop, from Middle English knelle (Old English cnyll(e), cnell(e), a derivative of Old English cnoll), or a habitational name from a minor place named with this word, for example Knell or Knelle in Sussex. South German: from Middle High German knellen ‘to cause to explode’, ‘to snap one’s fingers’, hence a nickname for a noisy, loud-mouthed person, or in Swabia and Bavaria for someone who cursed a lot.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 109,419 Historical Documents with Knell on Ancestry
- 36,611 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 24,606 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,533 Military Records
- 1,884 Immigration Records
- 43,785 Member Trees
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Number of Knell families
 85 - 167  29 - 84 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Knell census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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