The Anstead Family History

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

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The Anstead Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Anstead
1841 Census9
1851 Census32
1861 Census73
1871 Census124
1881 Census112
1891 Census188
1901 Census225

Most Frequent Forenames for the Anstead Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Anstead 0 2 5 13 10 11 16
Henry Anstead 0 3 4 6 5 12 6
Mary Anstead 0 2 3 8 7 8 8
John Anstead 2 1 6 5 2 9 6
Thomas Anstead 3 2 2 4 7 5 7
Elizabeth Anstead 0 1 4 7 5 2 7
Ellen Anstead 0 1 1 4 4 6 8
George Anstead 1 2 4 5 1 5 3
Walter Anstead 0 0 0 5 7 3 6
Emma Anstead 0 2 2 4 3 5 2
Charles Anstead 0 2 2 2 1 4 5
Sarah Anstead 0 2 3 3 1 4 4
James Anstead 0 2 2 4 5 0 4
Emily Anstead 0 1 3 2 1 6 2
Alice Anstead 0 0 3 2 0 4 4
Eliza Anstead 0 0 3 1 3 2 3
Frederick Anstead 0 0 2 3 3 1 3
Alfred Anstead 0 0 2 4 1 2 3
Harry Anstead 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
Annie Anstead 0 0 0 0 1 4 6

Your Family History Search

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

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