Cornwell Family History
Cornwell Name Meaning
habitational name from Cornwell in Oxfordshire, named
from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron,
cran ‘crane’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.variant of Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cornwell
Name Distribution of Cornwell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cornwell families
 98 - 193  33 - 97 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cornwell families
|
228 - 454 77 - 227 |
1 - 76 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cornwell families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cornwell census records
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Cornwell Family Origin
Cornwell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cornwell
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cornwell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cornwell census records
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Cornwell Civil War Service Records
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