The Astley Family History

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

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The Astley Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Astley
1841 Census45
1851 Census342
1861 Census637
1871 Census933
1881 Census1535
1891 Census1451
1901 Census2047

Most Frequent Forenames for the Astley Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
Mary Astley 5 36 63 80 134 105 119
William Astley 4 23 47 59 97 94 115
John Astley 4 20 40 63 104 85 108
Thomas Astley 7 25 38 45 68 71 68
Elizabeth Astley 2 15 24 51 75 65 70
James Astley 2 14 30 36 70 61 74
Sarah Astley 0 9 24 40 54 43 40
George Astley 0 10 16 26 36 34 63
Margaret Astley 0 4 21 28 41 31 36
Joseph Astley 4 16 19 18 32 31 44
Alice Astley 1 5 8 21 40 31 57
Henry Astley 4 8 18 22 27 24 28
Ann Astley 3 8 22 23 28 24 27
Jane Astley 1 9 13 24 26 31 24
Richard Astley 1 10 18 19 28 16 23
Ellen Astley 2 10 15 14 27 23 24
Annie Astley 1 0 0 8 23 31 51
Emma Astley 0 3 13 20 32 21 24
Martha Astley 0 6 15 16 20 20 20
Edward Astley 0 5 10 6 18 14 26

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Astley 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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