Hensell Family History
Hensell Name Meaning
habitational name from Hensall in North Yorkshire,
originally named with the unattested Old English personal name
Heþin or Old Scandinavian Heþinn + Old English
halh ‘nook’.Huguenot surname, of unexplained origin, which
was taken to England by a Protestant refugee who fled France after the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day (24 August 1572) and settled in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Hensell Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hensell families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hensell families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hensell Family Origin
Hensell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Hensell
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Hensell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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