Rachel Family History
- Rachel Name Meaning
- German (mainly Bavaria): probably a topographic name from Middle High German rach ‘rough’, ‘steep’. German: from a pet form of a Slavic personal name (see Rach). German: habitational name from a place called Rachel in Bohemia. French: metronymic from the female Biblical name Rachel, meaning ‘ewe’ in Hebrew. In the Bible (Genesis 28–35), Rachel is the wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 173,304 Historical Documents with Rachel on Ancestry
- 52,041 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 11,134 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,932 Military Records
- 2,394 Immigration Records
- 105,803 Member Trees
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Number of Rachel families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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19 - 35 7 - 18 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rachel families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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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
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- All Rachel
- 45
- Confederate
- 30
- Union
- 15
from the Civil War Service Records
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