The Avery Family History

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

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The Avery Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Avery
1841 Census148
1851 Census956
1861 Census1665
1871 Census2609
1881 Census3682
1891 Census3944
1901 Census5306

Most Frequent Forenames for the Avery Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Avery 7 67 131 192 275 283 341
Mary Avery 8 71 118 153 204 185 198
John Avery 10 68 108 142 173 198 235
Elizabeth Avery 12 58 85 102 148 130 154
George Avery 7 41 62 98 138 119 149
Thomas Avery 14 50 70 102 120 114 134
Charles Avery 1 21 37 74 117 112 135
James Avery 3 35 52 75 105 93 104
Sarah Avery 7 34 52 77 95 79 93
Henry Avery 3 23 38 64 80 79 90
Alice Avery 0 1 14 52 75 78 115
Emma Avery 4 19 40 44 67 70 73
Ellen Avery 1 8 29 57 66 62 86
Annie Avery 0 0 3 29 64 90 119
Frederick Avery 0 6 15 40 65 75 102
Jane Avery 5 26 36 58 68 48 53
Emily Avery 0 12 22 37 59 59 86
Eliza Avery 4 17 30 46 64 46 56
Joseph Avery 7 18 33 41 51 45 60
Alfred Avery 1 8 18 33 51 62 65

Your Family History Search

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

View Name: AVERY.

AVERY

Derivation:
Derived from a French form of the given name 'Alfred'. Of the elements aelf 'elf' & raed 'council'.

History:
This may indicate a leader or someone in charge,i.e 'a king'. The first recorded spelling is that of Geoffrey Aubri,dated 1273.

Linked Surnames:
Aeverie,Averi,Averie,Avrie,Avry,Every,Aubray,Alfrey.

 


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A Short History of Parish Records
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