The Alder Family History

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

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The Alder Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Alder
1841 Census62
1851 Census381
1861 Census785
1871 Census1188
1881 Census1680
1891 Census2038
1901 Census2399

Most Frequent Forenames for the Alder Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Alder 6 25 58 78 102 128 143
Mary Alder 5 31 59 81 85 99 93
Elizabeth Alder 1 24 46 52 67 82 92
John Alder 2 18 40 62 69 74 88
George Alder 4 13 33 54 69 88 84
Thomas Alder 4 13 29 39 48 66 61
Charles Alder 2 10 15 31 39 56 68
James Alder 1 10 30 34 43 45 56
Sarah Alder 2 7 26 44 50 37 31
Frederick Alder 0 7 16 25 36 47 60
Henry Alder 1 8 18 35 40 38 45
Jane Alder 3 6 19 33 38 36 42
Alice Alder 0 4 5 19 33 47 51
Emily Alder 0 4 15 27 33 35 42
Annie Alder 0 0 6 12 32 37 64
Ellen Alder 1 8 12 20 28 37 32
Joseph Alder 0 8 13 18 28 31 33
Alfred Alder 1 6 10 15 21 30 40
Emma Alder 1 9 14 16 21 33 27
Eliza Alder 1 8 18 20 29 21 18

Your Family History Search

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

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