The Ames Family History

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

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The Ames Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Ames
1841 Census56
1851 Census334
1861 Census624
1871 Census937
1881 Census1339
1891 Census1516
1901 Census1866

Most Frequent Forenames for the Ames Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Ames 3 16 32 44 71 59 75
Mary Ames 3 18 39 43 56 76 61
John Ames 3 20 42 36 48 45 53
Elizabeth Ames 1 10 24 40 53 50 47
George Ames 3 14 22 36 40 41 53
Thomas Ames 2 11 23 29 36 35 50
Sarah Ames 4 7 17 34 35 46 41
Henry Ames 1 7 16 28 29 37 35
Charles Ames 2 9 17 20 28 35 42
Frederick Ames 1 3 10 18 32 38 47
James Ames 3 13 22 27 19 28 33
Emma Ames 0 12 17 30 28 27 30
Alice Ames 0 2 3 16 30 36 47
Ellen Ames 0 4 12 17 27 35 32
Eliza Ames 3 9 12 19 22 27 21
Arthur Ames 1 2 3 10 30 29 36
Joseph Ames 0 8 12 19 28 19 22
Edward Ames 1 6 14 17 21 22 25
Annie Ames 0 1 1 8 20 31 39
Alfred Ames 1 9 7 10 17 18 34

Your Family History Search

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