The Morritt Family History

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

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The Morritt Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Morritt
1841 Census18
1851 Census37
1861 Census113
1871 Census171
1881 Census271
1891 Census373
1901 Census405
1911 Census388

Most Frequent Forenames for the Morritt Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1881 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census 1911 Census Total
Mary Morritt 2 4 11 20 20 25 23 16
John Morritt 4 3 10 11 25 19 18 28
William Morritt 2 2 6 13 15 27 23 25
George Morritt 0 2 6 7 15 16 21 21
Thomas Morritt 2 1 9 10 14 13 10 11
Sarah Morritt 1 2 6 13 13 11 10 10
Henry Morritt 0 4 4 4 6 6 11 6
Annie Morritt 0 0 2 4 6 7 13 9
Elizabeth Morritt 0 1 5 6 6 10 9 10
Charles Morritt 0 0 2 4 7 9 8 9
Ann Morritt 1 2 7 8 6 8 4 4
James Morritt 0 2 3 3 8 10 7 10
Frederick Morritt 0 1 2 3 3 10 6 5
Emma Morritt 0 2 0 3 7 9 7 1
Arthur Morritt 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 6
Jane Morritt 0 1 2 3 4 3 5 4
Alice Morritt 0 0 0 1 1 9 13 6
Ellen Morritt 1 0 0 2 7 5 5 8
Joseph Morritt 0 0 2 4 6 2 7 1
Eliza Morritt 0 0 5 2 5 6 7 2

Your Family History Search

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

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