The Armitage Family History

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

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The Armitage Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Armitage
1841 Census272
1851 Census1438
1861 Census2794
1871 Census4230
1881 Census5859
1891 Census6298
1901 Census8079

Most Frequent Forenames for the Armitage Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Armitage 17 115 215 314 385 368 433
John Armitage 22 109 187 259 316 326 379
William Armitage 17 80 165 219 270 260 287
Sarah Armitage 21 79 131 206 232 239 260
George Armitage 13 60 127 179 222 240 281
Elizabeth Armitage 19 79 146 165 171 174 206
James Armitage 11 48 86 117 154 158 168
Thomas Armitage 6 53 79 112 157 149 186
Joseph Armitage 8 50 86 135 157 148 153
Annie Armitage 0 0 11 57 127 136 229
Hannah Armitage 10 50 77 90 104 94 78
Emma Armitage 3 36 59 98 113 92 98
Ann Armitage 14 54 84 82 84 82 75
Jane Armitage 6 34 51 73 91 98 91
Martha Armitage 5 28 53 81 96 84 88
Charles Armitage 2 22 46 55 93 99 98
Eliza Armitage 5 25 51 66 82 85 79
Alice Armitage 0 3 16 48 68 96 135
Ellen Armitage 4 26 42 62 77 65 79
Emily Armitage 1 7 29 46 72 86 115

Your Family History Search

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

View Name: ARMITAGE.

ARMITAGE

Derivation:
A topographic name from 'Old French' (h)ermitage 'hermitage',variant of old french (h)ermite 'hermit',one who lives in 'solitude',retired from 'society'.

History:
This is an Anglo-French surname.The first recorded spelling is that of 'Richard De Ermitage',dated 1259.

Linked Surnames:
Armytage,Armatidge,Hermitage.

 


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