The Abbot Family History

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

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The Abbot Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbot
1841 Census74
1851 Census278
1861 Census443
1871 Census584
1881 Census815
1891 Census844
1901 Census797

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbot Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Abbot 4 28 41 35 51 57 45
William Abbot 5 20 32 47 51 57 39
John Abbot 7 21 32 31 49 46 33
Elizabeth Abbot 3 16 17 25 35 38 19
Thomas Abbot 4 14 19 24 33 21 28
George Abbot 0 7 19 20 37 31 30
Sarah Abbot 1 14 17 22 21 19 21
James Abbot 1 5 12 15 28 17 18
Charles Abbot 0 3 5 13 23 26 19
Jane Abbot 3 7 17 12 11 19 15
Henry Abbot 1 5 6 13 11 16 16
Margaret Abbot 5 7 10 10 15 11 9
Ellen Abbot 1 8 8 5 9 23 8
Annie Abbot 0 0 1 6 14 18 23
Alice Abbot 1 2 4 10 9 18 17
Eliza Abbot 2 6 8 18 8 12 5
Emma Abbot 1 7 7 8 10 17 8
Joseph Abbot 2 8 7 10 10 13 7
Alfred Abbot 0 6 5 6 10 11 14
Frederick Abbot 0 0 9 3 11 15 14

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Abbot 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: Abbot

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