Bissell Family History
Bissell Name Meaning
English: from Middle English buyscel, busshell,
bysshell ‘bushel’, ‘measure of grain’ (Old French
boissel, buissel, of Gaulish origin), hence a metonymic
occupational name for a grain merchant or factor, one who measured
grain. The name may also have been applied to a maker of vessels
designed to hold or measure out a bushel.English: from a
diminutive of Biss.Respelling of German
Biesel, a habitational name from Bisel in Alsace.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bissell Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bissell families
 93 - 184  32 - 92 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bissell families
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84 - 166 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bissell families
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18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bissell Family Origin
Bissell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bissell
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Bissell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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