Ohlson Family History
- Ohlson Name Meaning
- Scandinavian: variant of Ohlsson; or an Americanized spelling of Ohlsen. Dutch: patronymic from the name Ole, a short form of a Germanic compound personal name formed with the initial element odal (see Ohl).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 61,857 Historical Documents with Ohlson on Ancestry
- 20,913 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 13,450 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,105 Military Records
- 15,416 Immigration Records
- 9,973 Member Trees
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Number of Ohlson families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ohlson families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ohlson 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
Ohlson census records
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