The Abbiss Family History

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The Abbiss Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbiss
1841 Census 100
1851 Census 109
1861 Census 121
1871 Census 175
1891 Census 123

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbiss Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Abbiss 10 7 8 13 6
ELIZABETH Abbiss 2 8 7 14 9
JAMES Abbiss 8 13 8 7 1
MARY Abbiss 8 5 5 9 6
GEORGE Abbiss 4 4 8 7 8
ELIZA Abbiss 4 8 7 8 1
JOHN Abbiss 6 8 6 5 2
JOSEPH Abbiss 6 3 5 6 7
EMMA Abbiss 3 3 3 6 2
SAMUEL Abbiss 2 3 4 6 1
ANN Abbiss 5 3 4 2 1
SARAH Abbiss 5 1 3 2 2
MARY ANN Abbiss 2 2 2 6 0
CHARLES Abbiss 1 2 4 1 3
DAVID Abbiss 3 4 1 2 1
THOMAS Abbiss 3 2 2 3 0
EMILY Abbiss 1 1 1 3 3
HANNAH Abbiss 2 2 2 1 2
JANE Abbiss 1 1 4 2 0
ALFRED Abbiss 1 1 1 3 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Abbiss

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Your Family History Search

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