The Abbay Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Abbay family.

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The Abbay Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbay
1841 Census 36
1851 Census 21
1861 Census 26
1871 Census 35
1891 Census 12

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbay Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
RICHARD Abbay 2 4 4 4 2
WILLIAM Abbay 5 2 3 1 1
JANE Abbay 3 3 2 2 0
THOMAS Abbay 3 1 2 4 0
JOHN Abbay 4 1 1 3 0
MARY Abbay 2 3 2 2 0
ANN Abbay 3 2 1 2 0
ELIZABETH Abbay 1 1 1 1 2
ANNE Abbay 0 1 1 1 1
BERTRAM Abbay 0 0 0 0 1
CHARLES Abbay 0 0 0 0 1
CHARLOTTE Abbay 0 0 0 1 1
CHARLOTTE S Abbay 0 0 0 0 1
NORMAN M Abbay 0 0 0 0 1
PERCIVAL Abbay 0 0 0 0 1
ANNA Abbay 1 0 0 0 0
BESOY Abbay 1 0 0 0 0
EL Abbay 2 0 0 0 0
ELIZA Abbay 1 0 1 1 0
EMILY Abbay 1 0 1 0 0

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Abbay family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 


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A Short History of Parish Records
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