Jessen Family History
Jessen Name Meaning
Danish and North German: patronymic from the North German
personal name Jess, a variant of Jens.German:
habitational name from any of various places named Jessen, mostly in
eastern Germany.German: variant of Jessel.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Jessen
Name Distribution of Jessen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jessen families
 55 - 107  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Jessen families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Jessen last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jessen census records
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Jessen Family Origin
Jessen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Jessen
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Jessen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Jessen census records
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Jessen Civil War Service Records
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