Basel Family History
Basel Name Meaning
German: habitational name from the Swiss city of
Basel.from a short form of Germanic personal names formed with
Old High German ber ‘bear’ (the animal) or Old Norse
bodh ‘battle’. from a pet form, Božel, from
Slavic Božidar ‘gift of God’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Basel
Name Distribution of Basel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Basel families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Basel families
|
7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Basel census records
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Basel Family Origin
Basel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Basel
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Basel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Basel census records
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Basel Civil War Service Records
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