Tell Family History
- Tell Name Meaning
- North German: from a pet form of Dietrich. South German: topographic name from Middle High German telle ‘gorge’, ‘depression’. The name of the Swiss hero Wilhelm Tell has not been explained. North German (mainly Westphalia): topographic name from Middle Low German telg(e) ‘branch’, ‘twig’, ‘undergrowth’. Catalan: topographic name from tila ‘linden’ (Latin tilia), denoting someone who lived near a conspicuous linden.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 84,119 Historical Documents with Tell on Ancestry
- 42,042 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 14,977 Census and Voter Lists
- 10,443 Military Records
- 3,482 Immigration Records
- 13,175 Member Trees
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Number of Tell families
 19 - 36  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tell families
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18 - 33 7 - 17 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tell families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tell census records
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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
Tell census records
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- All Tell
- 40
- Confederate
- 12
- Union
- 28
from the Civil War Service Records
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