The Abbess Family History

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

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The Abbess Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbess
1841 Census 14
1851 Census 9
1861 Census 4
1871 Census 4
1891 Census 27

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbess Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JAMES Abbess 1 1 1 2 0
ARTHUR Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
CHARLES Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
CHARLES J Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
CLARA Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
ELIZABETH Abbess 3 0 1 1 2
ELIZABETH A Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
EMMA R Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
ERNEST Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
GEORGE Abbess 1 1 0 0 1
HARRIET E Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
JANE Abbess 1 0 0 0 1
JESSIE Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
JOHN Abbess 3 0 0 0 3
JOSEPH Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
LILLIAM EMILY Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
LOUIS W Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
LUCY Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
LYDIA Abbess 0 0 0 0 1
MARY Abbess 0 2 0 0 1

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Abbess 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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