The Faggart Family History

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The Faggart Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Faggart
1841 Census 31
1851 Census 10
1861 Census 8
1871 Census 26
1891 Census 8

Most Frequent Forenames for the Faggart Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JOHN Faggart 1 1 1 6 1
ALEXANDER Faggart 0 0 0 0 2
CATHERINE Faggart 2 0 0 1 1
MARGARET Faggart 2 0 0 2 1
MARY Faggart 2 0 0 3 1
SOPHIA Faggart 0 0 0 0 1
WILLIAM Faggart 4 0 1 1 1
ANN Faggart 1 1 0 0 0
ANTHONY Faggart 1 0 0 0 0
ELIZABETH Faggart 5 0 0 0 0
ELLEANOR Faggart 2 0 0 0 0
ELLEN Faggart 1 0 0 0 0
ISABELLA Faggart 1 0 0 0 0
JAMES Faggart 2 0 0 2 0
JANE Faggart 4 0 2 2 0
THOMAS Faggart 2 2 0 0 0
WILLIAM M Faggart 1 0 0 0 0
DANIEL Faggart 0 1 0 0 0
ELEANOR Faggart 0 1 0 0 0
EMMA Faggart 0 1 0 0 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Faggart

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Your Family History Search

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


 


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