The Oneill Family History

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The Oneill Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Oneill
1841 Census 60
1851 Census 195
1861 Census 368
1871 Census 509
1891 Census 943

Most Frequent Forenames for the Oneill Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JOHN Oneill 4 19 44 50 74
MARY Oneill 3 13 24 39 62
JAMES Oneill 4 8 24 36 63
MARGARET Oneill 1 8 15 18 37
THOMAS Oneill 4 2 12 21 32
WILLIAM Oneill 3 5 9 15 29
ELIZABETH Oneill 1 14 11 12 20
PATRICK Oneill 3 6 7 14 17
ANN Oneill 3 4 14 17 5
SARAH Oneill 4 7 7 13 9
HENRY Oneill 2 5 5 6 14
JANE Oneill 1 5 3 8 12
ALICE Oneill 1 1 3 5 10
DANIEL Oneill 1 1 4 5 7
ELIZA Oneill 3 5 1 3 5
ANNE Oneill 1 1 1 2 5
ADA Oneill 0 0 0 1 5
AGNES Oneill 0 1 1 1 6
AGNESS Oneill 0 0 0 0 1
ALBERT E Oneill 0 0 0 0 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Oneill

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

Your Family History Search

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


 



Shipping at Sea and in Ports Abroad
Details and information on ships at sea, in ports abroad and at home, including Hospital Ships from the 1861 census.

 

Closure at the FRC
The Family Records Centre closes on the 31st October, and plans to move the entire record collection to The National Archives, Kew.

 

Case Study: Lawrence Oates
Lawrence Edward Grace Oates saw military service during the Second Boer War, as an officer in the dragoons. He can be found the the 1900 Army List.

 

Army Lists now available to view Online
TheGenealogist.co.uk has now added Army Lists to their ever-expanding records for their users to search. Includes the volumes: 1806, 1842, 1863, 1881, 1904, 1915 and 1920.