The Alger Family History

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

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The Alger Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Alger
1841 Census29
1851 Census123
1861 Census271
1871 Census352
1881 Census534
1891 Census591
1901 Census683

Most Frequent Forenames for the Alger Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Alger 3 6 22 25 34 37 40
Mary Alger 1 10 21 26 37 30 27
Elizabeth Alger 1 4 11 16 23 29 23
Charles Alger 0 4 11 11 25 14 29
George Alger 2 3 13 6 17 27 18
John Alger 1 5 13 13 18 18 18
James Alger 1 7 7 9 14 23 16
Henry Alger 2 5 7 14 14 12 21
Sarah Alger 1 5 8 10 11 15 20
Thomas Alger 3 5 8 12 18 15 8
Alfred Alger 2 3 5 8 9 17 20
Robert Alger 0 2 7 8 14 9 15
Alice Alger 0 1 2 6 12 12 16
Ellen Alger 1 3 4 5 9 8 10
Emma Alger 1 4 5 2 8 12 9
Louisa Alger 0 2 3 6 8 9 8
Joseph Alger 1 2 6 8 5 6 9
Frederick Alger 0 0 4 9 5 6 10
Annie Alger 0 1 1 3 9 12 10
Emily Alger 0 1 5 3 7 7 8

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Alger family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and many more...


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