The Ashland Family History

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

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The Ashland Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Ashland
1841 Census3
1851 Census8
1861 Census19
1871 Census11
1881 Census20
1891 Census33
1901 Census54

Most Frequent Forenames for the Ashland Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Ashland 0 0 2 1 4 2 3
John Ashland 0 1 0 3 1 4 1
William Ashland 0 0 1 0 1 3 4
Elizabeth Ashland 0 0 3 0 1 1 1
Eliza Ashland 0 0 0 1 0 3 2
Charles Ashland 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
Henry Ashland 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
Alice Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Robert Ashland 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Annie Ashland 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Sarah Ashland 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
Alfred Ashland 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
George Ashland 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Martha Ashland 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Thomas Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Emma Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Louisa Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ethel Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lilian Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Arthur Ashland 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Your Family History Search

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

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