The Yard Family History

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

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The Yard Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Yard
1841 Census 363
1851 Census 345
1861 Census 384
1871 Census 408
1891 Census 596

Most Frequent Forenames for the Yard Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
JOHN Yard 45 31 34 29 28
ELIZABETH Yard 22 24 28 25 15
WILLIAM Yard 18 20 18 22 28
MARY Yard 34 23 15 10 21
JAMES Yard 19 11 20 18 17
THOMAS Yard 17 14 13 11 18
SARAH Yard 10 15 14 9 11
JANE Yard 14 8 16 12 7
ANN Yard 17 9 7 12 8
GEORGE Yard 6 9 10 8 13
ELIZA Yard 8 9 8 9 8
ROBERT Yard 8 6 5 11 10
MARY ANN Yard 4 11 7 7 4
SAMUEL Yard 5 4 9 9 5
HENRY Yard 3 5 5 10 6
CHARLES Yard 5 5 6 5 7
ELLEN Yard 4 5 4 5 7
SUSAN Yard 4 6 7 3 2
ALFRED Yard 1 1 4 5 10
LOUISA Yard 2 3 5 4 6

Etmology and History of the Surname: Yard

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

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Yard 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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