The Cabell Family History

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The Cabell Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Cabell
1841 Census 102
1851 Census 74
1861 Census 92
1871 Census 76
1891 Census 235

Most Frequent Forenames for the Cabell Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Cabell 10 6 8 3 10
MARY Cabell 8 4 8 5 7
JOHN Cabell 10 7 3 3 8
ELIZABETH Cabell 6 7 4 4 4
JAMES Cabell 3 3 4 3 12
GEORGE Cabell 5 6 4 3 4
THOMAS Cabell 4 2 1 1 10
ELLEN Cabell 1 1 3 3 7
SARAH Cabell 4 3 1 1 4
ANN Cabell 3 1 1 1 4
JANE Cabell 2 2 1 2 3
JOSEPH Cabell 2 2 2 2 2
ROBERT Cabell 1 1 3 2 3
ELIZA Cabell 3 1 1 1 1
ARTHUR Cabell 2 1 1 1 0
A N H Cabell 0 0 0 0 1
ADA Cabell 0 0 0 0 1
ADELAIDE Cabell 0 0 0 0 1
AGNES Cabell 0 0 0 0 3
ALBERT Cabell 0 0 1 0 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Cabell

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

Your Family History Search

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


 



Map your Surname back to 1841
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The Census - What information can I find in each year?
A census was taken every 10 years from 1810, but were only useful to genealogists as of 1841.

 

TNA's 'Hidden BMD' site is "a great help" says users
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A Short History of Parish Records
Parish Registers were first ordered to be kept by Thomas Cromwell, Vicar General of King Henry VIII in 1538.