The Alwood Family History

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

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The Alwood Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Alwood
1841 Census5
1851 Census39
1861 Census74
1871 Census56
1881 Census69
1891 Census122
1901 Census64

Most Frequent Forenames for the Alwood Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Alwood 0 1 6 7 6 10 6
Thomas Alwood 0 4 3 4 5 2 4
John Alwood 0 2 4 0 4 4 5
Elizabeth Alwood 0 1 5 4 3 1 2
George Alwood 0 4 1 4 0 5 1
Mary Alwood 0 1 5 2 2 4 0
Alice Alwood 0 0 0 2 2 8 2
Sarah Alwood 0 2 3 4 1 3 0
Joseph Alwood 0 0 2 0 4 1 3
Annie Alwood 0 1 0 1 1 5 2
Hannah Alwood 0 0 4 0 0 3 2
Emma Alwood 0 2 0 0 2 2 3
Eliza Alwood 0 3 5 1 0 0 0
Ann Alwood 2 1 1 3 1 1 0
Frederick Alwood 0 1 3 0 0 2 2
Charles Alwood 0 0 2 2 2 1 1
Henry Alwood 0 0 1 2 2 2 0
James Alwood 0 1 2 0 3 1 0
Lucy Alwood 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
Emily Alwood 1 0 1 0 1 3 0

Your Family History Search

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

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