The Abbotson Family History

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

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The Abbotson Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbotson
1841 Census 53
1851 Census 45
1861 Census 36
1871 Census 49
1891 Census 48

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbotson Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
CHARLES Abbotson 4 6 4 5 5
JOHN Abbotson 7 4 3 4 2
ELIZABETH Abbotson 3 4 3 3 1
MARY Abbotson 5 2 3 2 2
THOMAS Abbotson 3 2 3 4 1
ANN Abbotson 1 3 2 4 1
WILLIAM Abbotson 2 3 1 2 2
SARAH Abbotson 1 2 2 1 1
AGNES Abbotson 1 1 1 0 1
ALBERT Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
ALICE Abbotson 0 0 0 1 1
ALICE M Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
ANNE Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
ANTHONY Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
ARTHUR Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
BETTY Abbotson 2 0 0 0 1
CAROLINE Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
CHARLES JOHN Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1
EDITH Abbotson 0 0 0 0 2
EDITH ANN Abbotson 0 0 0 0 1

Your Family History Search

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