Dowell Family History
Dowell Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (see
McDowell).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dowell
Name Distribution of Dowell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dowell families
 116 - 229  39 - 115 |
 1 - 38  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dowell families
|
149 - 296 50 - 148 |
1 - 49 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dowell families
|
19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dowell census records
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Dowell Family Origin
Dowell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dowell
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Dowell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dowell census records
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Dowell Civil War Service Records
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