The Odonnel Family History

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The Odonnel Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Odonnel
1841 Census 52
1851 Census 53
1861 Census 54
1871 Census 47
1891 Census 23

Most Frequent Forenames for the Odonnel Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
MARY Odonnel 8 5 7 5 2
JAMES Odonnel 4 3 6 5 0
MARGARET Odonnel 2 3 3 5 2
BRIDGET Odonnel 2 3 4 2 2
PATRICK Odonnel 2 3 3 3 2
THOMAS Odonnel 3 5 2 2 0
JOHN Odonnel 2 3 2 2 1
ANN Odonnel 3 3 2 2 0
ALFRED Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
ANNIE Odonnel 0 0 0 0 2
FRANCES H. Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
FRANK Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
GEORGE Odonnel 0 1 1 1 1
JANE Odonnel 0 1 0 2 1
KATE Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
LAURANCE Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
MARY E Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
MATILDA Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1
MICHAEL Odonnel 2 2 0 1 2
RICHARD Odonnel 0 0 0 0 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Odonnel

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Your Family History Search

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


 



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