Bridwell Family History
Bridwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from some minor place called
Brid(e)well, as for example Bridwell in Uffculme, Devon, or Bridewell
Springs in Westbury, Wiltshire; both are named with Old English
br¯d ‘surging’ or br¯d ‘bride’ + well(a)
‘spring’ (perhaps a spring associated with a fertility cult). There
may be other places so called with different derivations, for example
from Old English bridd ‘nestling’, ‘young bird’ or from St. Bride (see Kilbride).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bridwell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bridwell families
 41 - 79  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bridwell families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bridwell Family Origin
Bridwell Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bridwell
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Bridwell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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