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bridwell Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from some minor place called Brid(e)well, as for example Bridwell in Uffculme, Devon, or Bridewell Springs in Westbury, Wiltshire; both are named with Old English br¯d ‘surging’ or br¯d ‘bride’ + well(a) ‘spring’ (perhaps a spring associated with a fertility cult). There may be other places so called with different derivations, for example from Old English bridd ‘nestling’, ‘young bird’ or from St. Bride (see Kilbride).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bridwell Families in the US in 1920
Number of bridwell families
 41-79
 14-40		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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David A Bridwell and wife Josephine PJones1860 0
Richard Bridwell Va, In broomie 2
Al Bridwell maize3789 2
Bailey Bridwell Jerry Wentworth 1
Bailey Bridwell Betty Schollenbarger 16
Sarah Bridwell/Bredwell ShantellHughes 4
BRIDWELL: Illinois, Nebraska, new1p9v0aps9s62a8t7tkk0avq3nvve 0
general info Steven Bridwell 20
BRIDWELL, OHIO, FRANKLIN COUNTY broomie 0
Grigg Bridwell (possible spelling Grig or Gregg) broomie 0
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