Hengel Family History
Hengel Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of handles,
hooks, or hangers, from Middle High German hengel ‘handle’.German: from a pet form of the personal name Heng.Shortened form of Dutch van Hengel, a habitational name for
someone from Hengel, near Houthalen, in the Belgian province of
Limburg.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hengel
Name Distribution of Hengel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hengel families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hengel families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hengel census records
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Hengel Family Origin
Hengel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hengel
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Hengel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hengel census records
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Hengel Civil War Service Records
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