Stell Family History
Stell Name Meaning
North German: topographic name for someone who lived near a
marsh, from an old dialect word stel ‘bog’, where the land was
built up on mudflats (behind the dyke) for cattle grazing. The word
later assumed the meaning ‘small farm’.English (West
Yorkshire): variant of Still 2, possibly also of
Steel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Stell
Name Distribution of Stell Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Stell families
 60 - 118  21 - 59 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Stell families
|
186 - 369 63 - 185 |
1 - 62 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Stell families
|
19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Stell census records
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Stell Family Origin
Stell Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Stell
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Stell Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Stell census records
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Stell Civil War Service Records
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