Orell Family History
- Orell Name Meaning
- Catalan and Swiss German: from a personal name derived from the Latin name Aurelius. Swedish: variant of Orrell.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 12,477 Historical Documents with Orell on Ancestry
- 5,348 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,269 Census and Voter Lists
- 717 Military Records
- 590 Immigration Records
- 3,553 Member Trees
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Number of Orell families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Orell census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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