Ramsdell Family History
- Ramsdell Name Meaning
- English: habitational name, possibly from Ramsdell in Hampshire, but more likely from Ramsdale, a place in North Yorkshire, named from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ (or possibly the genitive case of the byname Ram(m) ‘ram’) + dæl ‘valley’, or from Ramsdale Farm in Arnold, Nottinghamshire. Compare Ransdell.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 166,136 Historical Documents with Ramsdell on Ancestry
- 51,284 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 23,989 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,587 Military Records
- 1,964 Immigration Records
- 83,312 Member Trees
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Number of Ramsdell families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ramsdell families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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