The Lachlaw Family History

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The Lachlaw Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Lachlaw
1841 Census 5
1851 Census 7
1861 Census 3
1871 Census 14
1891 Census 3

Most Frequent Forenames for the Lachlaw Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
HAROLD Lachlaw 0 0 0 0 1
LILIAN Lachlaw 0 0 0 0 1
ROBERT Lachlaw 0 1 1 1 1
CHARLES Lachlaw 1 0 0 0 0
JOHN Lachlaw 1 1 0 0 0
LORENZA Lachlaw 1 0 0 0 0
MARY Lachlaw 2 0 0 0 0
ANNE Lachlaw 0 1 0 0 0
JAMES Lachlaw 0 1 0 0 0
JOHN M Lachlaw 0 1 0 1 0
MARGARET Lachlaw 0 1 0 0 0
RICHARD Lachlaw 0 1 0 0 0
MARIA Lachlaw 0 0 1 0 0
PASSIC Lachlaw 0 0 1 0 0
ALBERT Lachlaw 0 0 0 1 0
EDWARD M Lachlaw 0 0 0 1 0
ELLEN Lachlaw 0 0 0 2 0
EMILY Lachlaw 0 0 0 1 0
EMMA Lachlaw 0 0 0 1 0
FLORENCE Lachlaw 0 0 0 1 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Lachlaw

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Your Family History Search

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


 


Possible Pitfalls in Using the Census
Many people don't realise that the census page images we see are actually transcripts of the household census forms, the details were copied into the books by the enumerators.

 

Daniel Albone in the 1861 Census
Daniel Albone is famous for inventing the Ivel tractor, and is said to have changed the world of agriculture. He can be found in the 1861 census at the age of only six months.

 

Military Head Dress
Headwear is one of the defining items of military clothing. The colour signifies which part of the army a soldier belongs to, and the headwear carries the Corps or Regimental badge.

 

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.