Olen Family History
- Olen Name Meaning
- Dutch: patronymic from Oele, Oole, a short form of any of the Germanic compound names with the first element odal ‘wealth’, e.g. Odelbert (with second element berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’). Swedish (Olén, Ölén): probably an ornamental name; etymology unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 21,366 Historical Documents with Olen on Ancestry
- 10,333 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,223 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,974 Military Records
- 1,337 Immigration Records
- 2,499 Member Trees
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Number of Olen families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Olen families
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Olen census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Olen census records
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