The Eager Family History

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The Eager Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Eager
1841 Census 341
1851 Census 362
1861 Census 409
1871 Census 464
1891 Census 583

Most Frequent Forenames for the Eager Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Eager 27 20 23 22 26
JOHN Eager 25 29 19 23 21
MARY Eager 27 28 21 22 9
ELIZABETH Eager 26 23 25 18 10
SARAH Eager 22 11 16 20 12
JAMES Eager 9 10 20 19 16
GEORGE Eager 13 9 10 18 21
THOMAS Eager 15 13 9 8 12
EDWARD Eager 7 9 11 15 10
ANN Eager 13 13 9 9 6
ELLEN Eager 7 9 10 7 14
HENRY Eager 6 7 5 10 13
JANE Eager 11 8 8 8 5
ROBERT Eager 6 6 7 5 12
CHARLES Eager 7 5 6 9 5
ELIZA Eager 6 8 7 6 5
EMMA Eager 6 4 5 11 5
JOSEPH Eager 5 7 8 5 2
MARY ANN Eager 3 7 5 7 3
RICHARD Eager 7 5 5 3 4

Etmology and History of the Surname: Eager

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Your Family History Search

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


 


Knebworth House, the 'stately home of rock' in the 1851 Census
The 1851 Census includes the records for Knebworth House, the 'stately home of rock', which has welcomed acts such as Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Queen.

 

What are BMDs?
'BMD' stands for Births, Marriages and Deaths records kept by the General Register Office (GRO) of England and Wales, part of the National Office of Statistics (NOS).

 

1911 Census to be released early
From 2009, a fully-indexed 1911 census will be online, three years earlier than family historians expected!

 

Army Lists now available to view Online
TheGenealogist.co.uk has now added Army Lists to their ever-expanding records for their users to search. Includes the volumes: 1806, 1842, 1863, 1881, 1904, 1915 and 1920.