Niemela Family History
- Niemela Name Meaning
- Finnish (Niemelä): from niemi ‘peninsula’, ‘headland’ + the local suffix -la, either ornamental or a habitational name from a farm name. This surname occurs predominantly in western Finland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 16,738 Historical Documents with Niemela on Ancestry
- 7,791 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,807 Census and Voter Lists
- 514 Military Records
- 1,454 Immigration Records
- 5,172 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Niemela census records
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Niemela census records
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