The Appleton Family History

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

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The Appleton Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Appleton
1841 Census152
1851 Census916
1861 Census1737
1871 Census2706
1881 Census3688
1891 Census4497
1901 Census5507

Most Frequent Forenames for the Appleton Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Appleton 11 82 143 207 255 302 335
Mary Appleton 16 69 141 219 263 271 286
John Appleton 8 59 119 178 223 266 289
Elizabeth Appleton 12 66 103 139 169 175 192
James Appleton 9 42 69 110 134 157 174
Thomas Appleton 9 40 70 109 148 149 163
George Appleton 2 35 63 109 142 141 186
Sarah Appleton 6 37 59 103 113 117 115
Henry Appleton 6 28 48 74 92 94 110
Alice Appleton 2 12 30 52 72 109 122
Charles Appleton 1 21 28 55 69 98 108
Jane Appleton 5 25 39 55 79 82 88
Annie Appleton 0 0 4 25 81 97 135
Ellen Appleton 1 20 31 51 71 75 86
Margaret Appleton 4 11 21 29 66 88 98
Joseph Appleton 2 19 32 49 61 70 76
Ann Appleton 1 38 58 56 49 50 43
Edward Appleton 2 9 27 38 50 60 74
Eliza Appleton 4 11 30 48 41 59 63
Alfred Appleton 2 8 23 35 54 52 76

Your Family History Search

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

View Name: APPLETON.

APPLETON

Derivation:
Simply means 'apple town'.Also habitational for many of the places named Appleton. Old english aeppeltun 'orchard'.

History:
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin.People who lived or worked within the apple town/orchard would inherit the name.

Linked Surnames:
Apeltun,Epletune,aeppeltun,Aeppel.

 


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