The Vail Family History

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

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The Vail Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Vail
1841 Census 136
1851 Census 206
1861 Census 201
1871 Census 257
1891 Census 369

Most Frequent Forenames for the Vail Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Vail 15 19 16 22 28
JOHN Vail 10 11 11 13 16
ELIZABETH Vail 12 12 10 15 11
JOSEPH Vail 4 11 9 11 6
SARAH Vail 9 6 9 8 7
JAMES Vail 7 9 6 6 6
THOMAS Vail 8 6 9 5 4
MARY Vail 6 8 4 2 11
ANN Vail 8 9 7 5 1
GEORGE Vail 3 3 4 5 12
EDWARD Vail 5 2 5 6 8
SUSAN Vail 1 4 4 9 4
CHARLES Vail 2 8 2 3 6
HENRY Vail 2 6 3 4 6
ELIZA Vail 1 2 4 8 5
ELLEN Vail 3 2 3 2 8
MARY ANN Vail 2 4 5 4 3
JANE Vail 3 3 4 3 3
MARTHA Vail 1 2 4 4 2
HARRIET Vail 1 2 2 3 3

Etmology and History of the Surname: Vail

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

Your Family History Search

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


 


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