The Ahern Family History

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

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The Ahern Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Ahern
1841 Census8
1851 Census85
1861 Census162
1871 Census186
1881 Census217
1891 Census290
1901 Census278

Most Frequent Forenames for the Ahern Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Ahern 1 12 20 18 27 29 25
John Ahern 1 10 13 23 21 19 28
William Ahern 1 4 5 7 16 16 14
Ellen Ahern 1 3 7 14 10 4 9
James Ahern 0 2 4 8 11 9 13
Michael Ahern 0 3 4 10 10 10 12
Patrick Ahern 0 1 7 5 11 5 10
Elizabeth Ahern 0 4 8 7 3 11 8
Margaret Ahern 1 7 4 6 5 6 7
Thomas Ahern 1 2 2 10 4 3 10
Catherine Ahern 0 4 4 5 5 6 6
Daniel Ahern 0 3 5 3 3 1 2
Bridget Ahern 0 1 3 3 2 2 8
Joseph Ahern 0 0 2 3 5 6 5
David Ahern 0 1 3 1 4 7 4
Alice Ahern 0 2 1 3 4 5 4
Richard Ahern 0 0 2 2 2 4 4
Ann Ahern 0 2 2 5 1 1 3
Hannah Ahern 1 0 4 3 3 2 0
Sarah Ahern 0 0 2 2 1 7 1

Your Family History Search

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

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