Wessel Family History
Wessel Name Meaning
Dutch and German: from a pet form of the personal name Werner.German: habitational name from Wessel in Saxony.
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Name Distribution of Wessel Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wessel families
 62 - 121  21 - 61 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wessel families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wessel last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wessel census records
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Wessel Family Origin
Wessel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wessel
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Wessel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wessel census records
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Wessel Civil War Service Records
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