Schell Family History
Schell Name Meaning
German: nickname for a loud or obstreperous person, from Middle
High German schel ‘noisy’, ‘loud’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Schell
Name Distribution of Schell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Schell families
 198 - 394  67 - 197 |
 1 - 66  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Schell families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Schell families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Schell census records
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Schell Family Origin
Schell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Schell
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Schell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Schell census records
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Schell Civil War Service Records
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