Sewell Family History
Sewell Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal names Siwal(d)
and Sewal(d), Old English Sigeweald and
S?weald, composed of the elements sige ‘victory’ and
s? ‘sea’ + weald ‘rule’.English: habitational
name from Sewell in Bedfordshire, Showell in Oxfordshire, or Seawell
or Sywell in Northamptonshire, all of which are named from Old English
seofon ‘seven’ + wella ‘spring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sewell
Name Distribution of Sewell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sewell families
 150 - 298  51 - 149 |
 1 - 50  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sewell families
|
639 - 1,275 214 - 638 |
1 - 213 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sewell families
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18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sewell census records
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Sewell Family Origin
Sewell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sewell
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Sewell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sewell census records
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Sewell Civil War Service Records
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