Bethel Family History
Bethel Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ab Ithel ‘son of
Ithael’, a personal name meaning ‘bountiful lord’. Compare
Idle.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bethel
Name Distribution of Bethel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bethel families
 85 - 167  29 - 84 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bethel families
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88 - 173 30 - 87 |
1 - 29 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bethel families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bethel census records
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Bethel Family Origin
Bethel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bethel
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bethel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bethel census records
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Bethel Civil War Service Records
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