The Babel Family History

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The Babel Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Babel
1841 Census 3
1851 Census 12
1861 Census 7
1871 Census 3
1891 Census 10

Most Frequent Forenames for the Babel Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JOHN Babel 1 2 1 1 0
ALFRED Babel 0 0 1 0 1
ANN C Babel 0 0 0 0 1
ERNEST E Babel 0 0 0 0 1
HANNAH Babel 0 0 0 0 1
HENRY Babel 0 0 0 0 1
JOHN J Babel 0 0 0 0 1
SAMUEL Babel 0 1 1 1 1
SARAH Babel 0 0 0 0 2
WILLIAM Babel 0 1 0 0 1
ELIZA Babel 1 0 0 0 0
MARTHA Babel 1 0 0 0 0
ANN Babel 0 1 1 0 0
CHARLOTTE Babel 0 1 0 0 0
ELIZABETH Babel 0 1 1 0 0
FANNY Babel 0 1 0 0 0
JANE Babel 0 1 0 0 0
JULIA A Babel 0 1 0 0 0
MIERS Babel 0 1 0 0 0
PHILIP Babel 0 1 0 0 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Babel

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Babel (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

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


 


TNA's 'Hidden BMD' site is "a great help" says users
The National Archives has launched a new site that aims to help people with their research in the years before compulsory registration in 1837. The records are currently for categories RG4 and RG5, which are non-conformist registers.

 

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk 1858 Post Office Directory
Covering towns, villages and parishes of these three counties comprehensively.

 

Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act
This Act enforced a separate marriage register which was later pre-printed and had spaces for witnesses, the signature of the bride and groom, the condition and parish of the bride and groom and the signature of the minister.

 

Encouraging the Wool Trade
In 1678 an act was passed making it compulsory for all corpses to be buried in a shroud made of wool only. This was to encourage the wool trade.