The Atherton Family History

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

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The Atherton Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Atherton
1841 Census152
1851 Census947
1861 Census1707
1871 Census2637
1881 Census4132
1891 Census4269
1901 Census5993

Most Frequent Forenames for the Atherton Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
John Atherton 10 85 132 202 306 299 406
Mary Atherton 8 78 147 213 325 284 378
William Atherton 13 72 134 195 287 283 336
Thomas Atherton 9 79 111 162 226 228 272
Elizabeth Atherton 10 62 99 170 221 217 257
James Atherton 8 49 88 138 213 208 278
Sarah Atherton 3 40 67 90 124 121 160
Margaret Atherton 6 29 58 74 129 110 158
Ellen Atherton 7 28 66 84 111 117 137
Alice Atherton 4 34 57 65 109 101 147
Joseph Atherton 2 19 35 61 115 106 150
Jane Atherton 7 29 49 70 100 83 107
George Atherton 2 17 37 59 85 89 144
Ann Atherton 10 45 55 92 86 56 63
Henry Atherton 1 15 35 51 71 65 94
Annie Atherton 0 2 4 20 72 80 131
Robert Atherton 5 15 27 37 53 56 74
Martha Atherton 0 7 25 32 62 65 66
Edward Atherton 1 9 18 24 51 60 62
Peter Atherton 4 15 23 27 45 44 46

Your Family History Search

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