The Rachford Family History

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

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The Rachford Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Rachford
1841 Census 6
1851 Census 17
1861 Census 22
1871 Census 10
1891 Census 7

Most Frequent Forenames for the Rachford Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
ANNE Rachford 0 0 0 0 1
CATHERINE Rachford 1 1 1 0 1
DAN Rachford 0 0 0 0 1
JOHN Rachford 0 0 4 1 1
MARTHA Rachford 1 0 0 0 1
MICHAEL Rachford 0 1 0 0 1
THOMAS Rachford 0 1 0 1 1
ANN Rachford 1 0 1 1 0
JAMES Rachford 1 2 2 0 0
MARIA Rachford 1 0 0 0 0
ROBERT Rachford 1 0 0 0 0
ANTHONY Rachford 0 1 0 0 0
BRIDGET Rachford 0 1 2 0 0
CATHREN Rachford 0 1 0 0 0
ELLEN Rachford 0 1 0 0 0
ELLENER Rachford 0 1 0 0 0
MARY Rachford 0 2 2 0 0
PATRICK Rachford 0 2 1 0 0
TOM Rachford 0 2 0 0 0
WILLIAM Rachford 0 1 1 1 0

Etmology and History of the Surname: Rachford

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

Your Family History Search

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


 


Reading Old Handwriting
Palaeography is the study of old handwriting. At first glance, many early records look illegible to the modern reader.

 

Anatomy of the Census Page
Not every piece of information is obvious to the casual observer, so to make sure that you extract every useful piece of information from the census page.

 

The Bronte Sisters in the Yorkshire 1841 Census
The three Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - grew up with their brother Branwell in Parsonage House in Haworth, Yorkshire. They can be found in the 1841 Census.

 

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.