Bissen Family History
Bissen Name Meaning
German: habitational name from either of the places so named,
one near Oldenburg, another in Rhineland.Danish: altered
form of the German surname Bisping.
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Name Distribution of Bissen Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bissen families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bissen families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bissen census records
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Bissen Family Origin
Bissen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bissen
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Bissen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bissen census records
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Bissen Civil War Service Records
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| Bissen, Leona (Kramer) passed away Oct. 31, 2009 |  | Marthann Kohl-Fuhs | 1 |
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