The Lowndes Family History

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

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The Lowndes Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Lowndes
1841 Census 322
1851 Census 522
1861 Census 561
1871 Census 554
1891 Census 769

Most Frequent Forenames for the Lowndes Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JOHN Lowndes 27 36 34 23 37
MARY Lowndes 23 36 28 27 34
WILLIAM Lowndes 28 27 32 22 38
ELIZABETH Lowndes 27 34 29 27 24
THOMAS Lowndes 27 32 33 21 12
GEORGE Lowndes 13 18 18 14 21
SARAH Lowndes 13 21 24 14 11
JAMES Lowndes 8 12 24 13 22
ANN Lowndes 12 13 18 11 8
JOSEPH Lowndes 10 12 16 6 10
HANNAH Lowndes 9 14 15 8 5
JANE Lowndes 8 12 10 14 6
CHARLES Lowndes 6 7 9 8 13
ELLEN Lowndes 5 6 10 10 12
HENRY Lowndes 3 12 8 6 7
MARIA Lowndes 8 8 9 9 1
ELIZA Lowndes 4 6 9 8 5
MARY ANN Lowndes 2 7 5 11 7
EMMA Lowndes 2 7 8 5 9
MARGARET Lowndes 3 4 11 9 3

Your Family History Search

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


 


Phillimore's Marriage Indexes on CD-ROM
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Regimental Standards and Cap Badges
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Using Trade Directories in your Research
An interesting article on how to use trade directories in your research, written by Genealogy Expert, David Tippey.

 

Probate Records - the only source of information before Parish Records
Once the maker of the will has died, his/her executor must have the will 'proved'. You can trace ancestors back even further using these records.