The Abbott Family History

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

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The Abbott Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbott
1841 Census 6,608
1851 Census 7,983
1861 Census 8,940
1871 Census 10,349
1891 Census 14,056

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbott Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Abbott 542 577 586 598 672
JOHN Abbott 569 568 559 560 541
MARY Abbott 581 488 422 427 374
ELIZABETH Abbott 406 442 462 478 428
THOMAS Abbott 316 361 362 398 356
SARAH Abbott 338 334 326 302 263
GEORGE Abbott 236 271 303 345 395
JAMES Abbott 258 256 269 275 257
ANN Abbott 315 308 273 234 153
JANE Abbott 196 222 219 225 191
CHARLES Abbott 137 171 184 221 248
HENRY Abbott 124 171 186 194 198
JOSEPH Abbott 126 148 150 170 168
ELIZA Abbott 112 130 159 139 167
EMMA Abbott 66 109 130 169 194
HANNAH Abbott 108 137 140 127 124
ELLEN Abbott 58 85 103 132 190
ROBERT Abbott 102 101 110 102 123
MARY ANN Abbott 43 135 148 125 86
EDWARD Abbott 70 80 115 91 129

Your Family History Search

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