The O'Dwyer Family History

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The O'Dwyer Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname O'Dwyer
1841 Census 3
1851 Census 11
1861 Census 21
1871 Census 14
1891 Census 20

Most Frequent Forenames for the O'Dwyer Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
ANNIE O'Dwyer 0 0 1 0 1
BARTHOLOMEW O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
BRIDGET O O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
EDITH O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
JOHANNA O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
JOHN H O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
JOHN JOSEPH O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
LOUISA P O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
MARY O'Dwyer 0 1 0 3 4
MICHAEL O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 2
PATRICK J O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
PHILIP O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
RICHARD O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
STANHOPE O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
THOMAS O'Dwyer 0 0 1 2 1
WILFRED O'Dwyer 0 0 0 0 1
ALFRED O'Dwyer 1 0 1 0 0
ANN O'Dwyer 1 0 0 0 0
ELIZABETH O'Dwyer 1 0 0 0 0
ALFRED CANNOR O'Dwyer 0 1 0 0 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: O'Dwyer

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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.

 

COMPLETE Census Coverage for England, Wales and the Channel Islands
Transcripts and Indexes for all counties in England, Wales, and the Channel Islands (including original images) for census years 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1891 now available on TheGenealogist.co.uk.

 

Enoch Arnold Bennett in the 1871 Census
Enoch Arnold Bennett was a Novelist, born in Staffordshire. You can find him in the 1871 Staffordshire census at the age of three.

 

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