Fohl Family History
- Fohl Name Meaning
- nickname for someone who behaved in a skittish or unpredictable manner, from Middle High German, Middle Low German vole ‘foal’. (Föhl): variant of Feil 2. from Swabian Föhl ‘spark’, ‘embers’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith or smelter, or as a nickname for a hot-tempered person.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 30,721 Historical Documents with Fohl on Ancestry
- 13,361 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,685 Census and Voter Lists
- 891 Military Records
- 2,094 Immigration Records
- 11,690 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Fohl census records
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- Germany (17)
- Württemberg (6)
- Mecklenburg (4)
- Preussen (2)
- Saxony (Kingdom State) (2)
- Alsatia,Germany (1)
from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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