The Asher Family History

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

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The Asher Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Asher
1841 Census41
1851 Census233
1861 Census448
1871 Census693
1881 Census773
1891 Census1338
1901 Census1474

Most Frequent Forenames for the Asher Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Asher 4 15 29 51 55 90 78
Mary Asher 2 19 35 53 40 67 79
John Asher 1 13 30 42 52 74 62
George Asher 2 10 11 34 35 49 43
Elizabeth Asher 2 12 31 33 28 37 35
Sarah Asher 4 8 21 34 29 50 29
Thomas Asher 3 12 21 19 28 35 39
James Asher 1 13 20 21 18 35 23
Henry Asher 1 5 9 16 19 23 28
Charles Asher 0 6 9 15 12 28 27
Joseph Asher 1 5 8 19 23 20 16
Annie Asher 0 0 1 7 12 26 45
Jane Asher 2 6 11 15 13 18 18
Ann Asher 2 11 11 15 11 16 10
Frederick Asher 0 1 3 8 8 26 30
Emma Asher 1 4 6 14 11 20 19
Emily Asher 0 2 7 9 13 15 17
Alice Asher 0 2 2 5 9 18 26
Arthur Asher 0 0 3 6 10 18 23
Robert Asher 1 1 4 9 9 14 19

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Asher family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and many more...


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