The Frost Family History

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

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The Frost Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Frost
1841 Census470
1851 Census2984
1861 Census5277
1871 Census8509
1881 Census12581
1891 Census13155
1901 Census18072

Most Frequent Forenames for the Frost Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census Total
William Frost 30 222 375 567 784 804 1011
Mary Frost 38 206 379 537 693 645 713
John Frost 25 186 315 441 594 553 693
George Frost 22 129 217 370 529 511 671
Elizabeth Frost 22 129 223 343 478 417 497
James Frost 25 114 188 276 385 349 433
Sarah Frost 23 137 211 285 380 347 366
Thomas Frost 22 116 172 259 350 327 411
Charles Frost 12 82 136 212 299 326 425
Henry Frost 10 83 152 215 276 237 280
Emma Frost 12 80 148 216 260 206 238
Alice Frost 1 16 50 133 232 263 383
Frederick Frost 6 37 80 145 218 228 356
Eliza Frost 18 69 119 178 236 214 202
Ellen Frost 1 39 88 180 227 226 256
Annie Frost 0 1 20 86 211 265 410
Joseph Frost 11 60 102 154 194 187 232
Arthur Frost 0 15 30 105 181 238 343
Emily Frost 1 28 76 141 194 194 233
Alfred Frost 6 38 66 122 185 189 256

Your Family History Search

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

View Name: FROST.

FROST

Derivation:
Name given to someone with white hair or beard, or who had an unbending or cold attitude

History:
Roots found in England, Germany, Denmark & Sweden, with a William Frost recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086

Linked Surnames:
Froste

 


Shipping at Sea and in Ports Abroad
Details and information on ships at sea, in ports abroad and at home, including Hospital Ships from the 1861 census.

 

Can gravestones tell you anything about your ancestry?
Monumental Inscriptions (the writing on gravestones) can tell you alot about an ancestor, but you'll probably find more information in a burial register or death record.

 

Celebrities of the Army - Colonel R.S.S. Baden-Powell
A short extract from 'Celebrities of the Army', a book written in the 19th Century.

 

A Short History of Parish Records
As we have seen, both Civil Registration and Census Returns run out when you get back to c.1840, and rarely provide information relevant before 1800. At this stage you need to turn to Parish Records.