Blackwelder Family History
Blackwelder Name Meaning
Partly translated form of German Schwarzwälder, denoting
someone from the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald). The first
element Black is a translation of German Schwarz (Old
High German swarz), while the second element is a respelling of
-wälder ‘forest dweller’ (from Old High German wald
‘forest’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Blackwelder Families
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United States
England & Wales
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Number of Blackwelder families
 86 - 169  29 - 85 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Blackwelder Family Origin
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Blackwelder Family Occupations
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