The Ohara Family History

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

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The Ohara Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Ohara
1841 Census 245
1851 Census 211
1861 Census 471
1871 Census 466
1891 Census 464

Most Frequent Forenames for the Ohara Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
MARY Ohara 28 25 62 34 30
JOHN Ohara 22 21 40 38 29
JAMES Ohara 21 16 38 22 25
CATHERINE Ohara 15 6 24 24 16
PATRICK Ohara 13 9 17 25 16
THOMAS Ohara 8 5 22 16 27
MICHAEL Ohara 9 10 19 21 14
MARGARET Ohara 8 13 13 19 12
ANN Ohara 10 5 21 16 5
BRIDGET Ohara 9 6 14 20 8
ELLEN Ohara 11 8 13 10 8
WILLIAM Ohara 6 7 15 8 10
ELIZABETH Ohara 5 3 9 8 16
EDWARD Ohara 4 4 9 14 6
SARAH Ohara 5 8 9 6 4
JANE Ohara 4 3 6 5 5
MARTIN Ohara 1 1 7 9 2
JOSEPH Ohara 3 1 5 2 6
HANNAH Ohara 2 1 1 4 6
MARY ANN Ohara 1 1 4 5 3

Etmology and History of the Surname: Ohara

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Ohara (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

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


 



The Census - What information can I find in each year?
A census was taken every 10 years from 1810, but were only useful to genealogists as of 1841.

 

Can gravestones tell you anything about your ancestry?
Monumental Inscriptions (the writing on gravestones) can tell you alot about an ancestor, but you'll probably find more information in a burial register or death record.

 

Regimental Standards and Cap Badges
Within the regimental system, soldiers and officers are posted to a tactical unit of their own regiment whenever posted to field duty.

 

ONS BMDs to go Online
The much awaited news that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) will start to put all birth, marriage and death indexes on the internet was issued this month.