The Arms Family History

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

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The Arms Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Arms
1841 Census18
1851 Census70
1861 Census104
1871 Census174
1881 Census155
1891 Census393
1901 Census264

Most Frequent Forenames for the Arms Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Arms 0 6 6 6 8 26 14
Mary Arms 4 2 6 11 10 23 10
Elizabeth Arms 1 5 12 5 7 19 10
John Arms 1 3 7 8 6 17 11
Sarah Arms 3 6 2 12 7 9 9
Thomas Arms 0 3 3 6 4 15 5
George Arms 0 6 2 5 8 8 5
James Arms 1 0 2 11 4 9 4
Henry Arms 0 3 3 5 5 5 4
Joseph Arms 1 0 4 3 6 8 3
Charles Arms 0 1 1 6 4 8 4
Alice Arms 0 0 1 2 3 8 8
Annie Arms 0 0 0 2 3 10 7
Ellen Arms 0 0 2 3 2 11 4
Emma Arms 0 2 4 1 9 3 2
Frederick Arms 0 0 2 3 1 7 8
Arthur Arms 0 0 1 4 6 3 6
Eliza Arms 1 2 4 5 3 4 1
Edward Arms 1 0 0 2 3 7 6
Edith Arms 0 0 0 1 2 5 8

Your Family History Search

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

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