Astle Family History
- Astle Name Meaning
- English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire called Astle, from Old English east ‘east’ + hyll ‘hill’. There may also have been some confusion with Asthall and Astley. German: variant of Ast(e)l, probably a nickname for a crude person, from Middle High German ast ‘branch’, ‘bough’, ‘knot’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 133,277 Historical Documents with Astle on Ancestry
- 39,738 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 19,770 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,292 Military Records
- 1,954 Immigration Records
- 69,523 Member Trees
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Number of Astle families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Astle families
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139 - 276 47 - 138 |
1 - 46 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Astle families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Astle census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Astle census records
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- All Astle
- 11
- Confederate
- 6
- Union
- 5
from the Civil War Service Records
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