The Oleary Family History

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The Oleary Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Oleary
1841 Census 73
1851 Census 113
1861 Census 174
1871 Census 275
1891 Census 320

Most Frequent Forenames for the Oleary Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
MARY Oleary 8 7 19 20 13
JOHN Oleary 4 5 14 16 14
JAMES Oleary 6 8 5 13 7
MARGARET Oleary 1 9 6 7 14
THOMAS Oleary 5 2 3 14 7
CATHERINE Oleary 5 5 7 6 7
ANN Oleary 5 3 5 11 4
PATRICK Oleary 1 2 7 8 7
ELLEN Oleary 3 4 6 5 5
WILLIAM Oleary 4 4 6 5 4
ARTHUR Oleary 3 4 2 6 7
MICHAEL Oleary 1 3 3 5 10
TIMOTHY Oleary 2 1 4 6 4
CORNELIUS Oleary 4 1 1 7 2
JANE Oleary 1 1 2 4 4
ALBERT Oleary 0 0 0 0 3
ALBERT W Oleary 0 0 0 0 1
ALFRED Oleary 0 2 0 0 1
ALICE Oleary 0 0 1 2 4
ALICE A Oleary 0 0 0 1 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Oleary

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Your Family History Search

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


 


TNA's 'Hidden BMD' site is "a great help" says users
The National Archives has launched a new site that aims to help people with their research in the years before compulsory registration in 1837. The records are currently for categories RG4 and RG5, which are non-conformist registers.

 

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.

 

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.

 

What are BMDs?
'BMD' stands for Births, Marriages and Deaths records kept by the General Register Office (GRO) of England and Wales, part of the National Office of Statistics (NOS).