Brightwell Family History
Brightwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example
in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Suffolk, named Brightwell, from Old
English beorht ‘bright’, ‘clear’ + well(a) ‘spring’,
‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Brightwell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brightwell families
 37 - 71  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brightwell families
|
94 - 185 32 - 93 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brightwell Family Origin
Brightwell Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brightwell
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Brightwell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Brightwell Civil War Service Records
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