Bel Family History
Bel Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a handsome man (perhaps also
ironically for an ugly one), from Old French beu, bel
‘fair’, ‘lovely’ (Late Latin bellus).Hungarian
(Bél): from the old secular Hungarian name Bél, or
alternatively from bél ‘internal part’, probably an
occupational name for a servant who worked in the household.Czech (Bel) from Czech bílý ‘white’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bel
Name Distribution of Bel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bel families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bel families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bel families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bel census records
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Bel Family Origin
Bel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bel
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bel census records
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Bel Civil War Service Records
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Bel's of Louisiana |  | 15 | |
| Bel: Surname | | 8 | |
| Charles Jefferson Bel | | yvonnemontz1 | 1 |
| Two Bel Lines from Haute Savoie, France | | pbel | 0 |
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