Jewell Family History
Jewell Name Meaning
English (of Breton or Cornish origin): from a Celtic personal name,
Old Breton Iudicael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ +
‘generous’, ‘bountiful’, which was borne by a 7th-century saint, a
king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in
a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only
in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in
East Anglia and even Yorkshire, whither they were imported by Bretons
after the Norman Conquest.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Jewell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jewell families
 130 - 258  44 - 129 |
 1 - 43  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Jewell families
|
341 - 680 114 - 340 |
1 - 113 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jewell families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Jewell Family Origin
Jewell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Jewell
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Jewell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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