The Race Family History

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

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The Race Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Race
1841 Census 938
1851 Census 1,029
1861 Census 1,433
1871 Census 1,272
1891 Census 1,901

Most Frequent Forenames for the Race Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Race 73 93 96 73 92
JOHN Race 89 83 93 73 77
ELIZABETH Race 60 64 78 65 71
MARY Race 83 68 80 52 53
GEORGE Race 45 45 69 49 62
THOMAS Race 40 37 45 45 53
ANN Race 51 42 43 33 17
SARAH Race 33 37 40 40 29
JAMES Race 33 29 44 22 42
JANE Race 35 29 37 34 35
JOSEPH Race 25 25 31 27 26
HANNAH Race 26 19 25 28 23
ROBERT Race 20 20 23 28 23
MARGARET Race 19 20 22 24 23
RICHARD Race 11 19 23 22 22
ELIZA Race 16 20 21 16 21
HENRY Race 17 14 23 19 21
CHARLES Race 8 10 19 11 27
EMMA Race 3 11 18 18 23
MARY ANN Race 3 23 22 13 12

Etmology and History of the Surname: Race

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

Your Family History Search

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


 



Case Study - Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
Throughout their 20 month courtship and before getting engaged, Robert and Elizabeth exchanged around 600 letters. This is how their marriage record was found.

 

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.

 

Who was W.P. Phillimore?
Phillimore has played a huge part in the transcription and printing of marriage register, and by the time he died he had covered over 1200 parishes.

 

The Homeland Handbooks: Newquay
Published in 1930, this is a guidebook to Newquay in Cornwall - the references to individuals are in the many advertisements for hotels, etc.