The Abbey Family History

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

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The Abbey Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbey
1841 Census43
1851 Census262
1861 Census398
1871 Census612
1881 Census852
1891 Census1105
1901 Census1279

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbey Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Abbey 5 19 28 50 68 66 72
Mary Abbey 4 22 30 45 55 55 55
John Abbey 3 17 28 38 47 57 57
Sarah Abbey 3 19 24 26 34 38 38
Elizabeth Abbey 1 15 16 22 38 43 41
Thomas Abbey 2 13 23 26 29 36 38
George Abbey 2 9 19 21 27 36 36
James Abbey 2 9 12 14 16 25 21
Charles Abbey 0 4 11 14 16 28 27
Emma Abbey 1 4 10 20 19 22 20
Jane Abbey 1 11 9 19 18 21 16
Annie Abbey 0 0 2 3 20 30 37
Henry Abbey 2 8 8 11 16 28 18
Alice Abbey 0 0 2 5 17 26 30
Ann Abbey 1 10 11 21 15 14 7
Arthur Abbey 0 3 2 9 10 16 28
Frederick Abbey 0 2 8 9 10 17 20
Alfred Abbey 2 5 5 8 8 18 16
Ellen Abbey 1 3 5 5 14 15 17
Robert Abbey 0 3 7 10 10 10 18

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Abbey family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and many more...


Etymology and History of the Surname: Abbey

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Anatomy of the Census Page
Not every piece of information is obvious to the casual observer, so to make sure that you extract every useful piece of information from the census page.

 

Phillimore's Marriage Indexes on CD-ROM
Phillimore's Marriage Indexes can help you track your ancestors back to the 18th century.

 

Fleet Registers
Before 1754 many marriages were not performed in parish churces due to the need for people to get around the need for banns and other petty regulations. The favourite alternative venue was the Fleet Prison.

 

The Bronte Sisters in the Yorkshire 1841 Census
The three Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - grew up with their brother Branwell in Parsonage House in Haworth, Yorkshire. They can be found in the 1841 Census.