The Ashdown Family History

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

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The Ashdown Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Ashdown
1841 Census45
1851 Census343
1861 Census520
1871 Census855
1881 Census1297
1891 Census1485
1901 Census1963

Most Frequent Forenames for the Ashdown Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Ashdown 3 20 31 70 97 100 103
George Ashdown 5 18 32 46 63 68 78
Mary Ashdown 1 17 36 50 59 52 67
Elizabeth Ashdown 2 19 25 23 45 49 44
Henry Ashdown 3 13 21 28 41 37 46
Thomas Ashdown 1 11 20 33 36 40 42
John Ashdown 1 11 17 29 31 45 43
Charles Ashdown 2 10 11 22 33 40 44
Sarah Ashdown 1 15 20 27 26 27 36
James Ashdown 0 12 16 22 29 33 39
Alfred Ashdown 0 9 11 15 30 31 44
Emily Ashdown 0 3 11 21 31 32 39
Edward Ashdown 5 11 16 14 23 27 37
Alice Ashdown 0 0 4 16 36 33 36
Frederick Ashdown 1 4 7 21 28 29 35
Annie Ashdown 0 0 3 9 22 35 41
Ellen Ashdown 0 6 10 13 20 25 30
Eliza Ashdown 5 10 9 19 17 22 18
Albert Ashdown 0 3 4 12 15 28 37
Arthur Ashdown 0 2 5 11 15 20 31

Your Family History Search

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

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