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Rosewell Surname Meaning

In the absence of any evidence for a place named Ro(w)sewell or Ros(e)will, this is perhaps a hypercorrect variant of Rowsell (see Rossell) on the analogy of place-names where pronunciation of -well is colloquially reduced to -el.

The variation is explicit in Mathewe Rowsell 1561, John Rowswell 1599 in IGI (North Petherton, Somerset), and perhaps in Jeffery Rossell 1574, Geffery Rossell 1631, John Rosewell 1654, Thomas Roswell 1655 in IGI (Wilne, Derbys).

Historically, Rossell is well evidenced in Derbys and in SW England, including 14th-century Somerset.

This name appears to be an occasional late variant of Rosewall.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Rosewell families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Rosewell family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Rosewell families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 19 Rosewell families living in Ontario. This was about 90% of all the recorded Rosewell's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Rosewell families in 1911.
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What did your Rosewell ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Labourer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Rosewell. 100% of Rosewell men worked as a Labourer.

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Between 1966 and 2004, in the United States, Rosewell life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2001, and highest in 1979. The average life expectancy for Rosewell in 1966 was 60, and 69 in 2004.

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