The Anwyl Family History

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

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The Anwyl Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Anwyl
1841 Census5
1851 Census24
1861 Census20
1871 Census58
1881 Census101
1891 Census47
1901 Census96

Most Frequent Forenames for the Anwyl Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Anwyl 0 2 1 11 10 6 11
John Anwyl 0 3 1 3 11 3 9
Elizabeth Anwyl 1 1 1 3 5 2 5
William Anwyl 1 2 2 2 4 3 3
Edward Anwyl 0 2 1 4 4 2 4
Robert Anwyl 1 2 0 5 3 1 4
Sarah Anwyl 0 1 0 3 7 2 3
Thomas Anwyl 0 1 2 1 4 2 5
Richard Anwyl 0 2 1 1 2 2 2
Margaret Anwyl 0 1 2 2 1 1 2
Annie Anwyl 0 0 0 0 3 2 3
Catherine Anwyl 0 0 0 1 7 0 0
Evan Anwyl 0 1 1 0 1 1 3
Edith Anwyl 0 0 0 1 3 0 2
Anne Anwyl 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
Kate Anwyl 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
Edwin Anwyl 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
Jonathan Anwyl 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Ellen Anwyl 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
Ada Anwyl 0 0 0 1 1 2 0

Your Family History Search

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

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Fleet Registers
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Reading Old Handwriting
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Case Study - Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
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The Census - What information can I find in each year?
A census was taken every 10 years from 1810, but were only useful to genealogists as of 1841.