The Jackney Family History

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The Jackney Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Jackney
1841 Census 5
1851 Census 2
1861 Census 2
1871 Census 2
1891 Census 3

Most Frequent Forenames for the Jackney Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
ELIZABETH Jackney 0 0 0 0 1
JAMES Jackney 0 0 0 0 1
SARAH Jackney 0 0 0 0 1
CAROLINE Jackney 1 0 0 0 0
JOHN Jackney 1 1 1 0 0
MARIA Jackney 1 0 0 0 0
OCTAVIA Jackney 1 0 0 0 0
WILLIAM Jackney 1 0 0 1 0
ALICE Jackney 0 1 0 0 0
GEORGE Jackney 0 0 1 0 0
WILLIAM T Jackney 0 0 0 1 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Jackney

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Your Family History Search

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


 



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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.