Nielsen Family History
Nielsen Name Meaning
Danish, Norwegian, and North German (especially
Schleswig-Holstein): patronymic from the personal name Niels, a
reduced form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Nielsen
Name Distribution of Nielsen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Nielsen families
 166 - 330  56 - 165 |
 1 - 55  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nielsen families
|
17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nielsen families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Nielsen census records
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Nielsen Family Origin
Nielsen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Nielsen
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Nielsen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Nielsen census records
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Nielsen Civil War Service Records
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