Longwell Family History
Longwell Name Meaning
habitational name from any of various minor places,
for example in Cumbria, Northumberland, and Gloucestershire, all named
from Old English lang ‘long’ + wella ‘spring’,
‘stream’.(of Norman origin): habitational name from
Longueville-sur-Scie (formerly Longueville-la-Gifart) in
Seine-Inférieure, France.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Longwell
Name Distribution of Longwell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Longwell families
 30 - 58  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Longwell families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Longwell families
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8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Longwell census records
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Longwell Family Origin
Longwell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Longwell
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Longwell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Longwell census records
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Longwell Civil War Service Records
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