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 Census 772
1851 Census 908
1861 Census 882
1871 Census 938
1891 Census 1,287

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbey Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Abbey 64 69 60 68 65
JOHN Abbey 62 65 59 49 45
MARY Abbey 83 65 48 47 35
ELIZABETH Abbey 52 53 43 37 43
SARAH Abbey 54 55 34 33 23
THOMAS Abbey 38 42 40 35 36
ANN Abbey 47 42 28 37 19
GEORGE Abbey 23 24 29 26 28
JAMES Abbey 32 31 24 18 21
JANE Abbey 26 31 19 23 21
HENRY Abbey 22 17 17 17 26
HANNAH Abbey 13 26 24 14 16
ROBERT Abbey 17 22 19 16 12
CHARLES Abbey 10 11 15 22 20
RICHARD Abbey 19 18 13 13 12
EMMA Abbey 9 9 11 22 21
ELIZA Abbey 18 16 11 11 9
MARY ANN Abbey 3 15 14 12 6
EDWARD Abbey 10 10 9 8 11
JOSEPH Abbey 10 15 10 9 4

Etmology and History of the Surname: Abbey

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Abbey (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

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, 1891 and 1901


 


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.

 

Can gravestones tell you anything about your ancestry?
Monumental Inscriptions (the writing on gravestones) can tell you alot about an ancestor, but you'll probably find more information in a burial register or death record.

 

Map your Surname back to 1841
Find where your ancestors lived before the boom in population and rapid expansion to towns and cities caused by the Industrial Revolution.

 

Record the birth of a child, or pay a fine!
In 1696 an order was passed that a fine of 2 pounds was to be imposed on all who did not report the birth of a child to the vicar within 5 days.