Gessel Family History
Gessel Name Meaning
South German: probably a variant spelling of Gessele or
Gessl, diminutives of Gasse ‘alley’, ‘side street’, a
topographic name for someone who lived in a side street or alley.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gessel Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gessel families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gessel families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gessel census records
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Gessel Family Origin
Gessel Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gessel
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Gessel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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