Bortle Family History
- Bortle Name Meaning
- Probably an Americanized spelling of Dutch Bortell. Alternatively, from German Bartel, pet forms of the personal name Bart(h)olomaeus (see Bartholomew).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 20,414 Historical Documents with Bortle on Ancestry
- 4,063 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,238 Census and Voter Lists
- 819 Military Records
- 125 Immigration Records
- 11,169 Member Trees
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Number of Bortle families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bortle families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bortle families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bortle census records
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bortle census records
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- All Bortle
- 41
- Confederate
- 1
- Union
- 40
from the Civil War Service Records
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