The Yardley Family History

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The Yardley Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Yardley
1841 Census 996
1851 Census 1,253
1861 Census 1,382
1871 Census 1,519
1891 Census 1,786

Most Frequent Forenames for the Yardley Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Yardley 79 99 105 90 96
JOHN Yardley 71 95 88 85 54
MARY Yardley 94 84 79 59 55
THOMAS Yardley 56 57 50 63 60
ELIZABETH Yardley 60 52 58 66 43
SARAH Yardley 49 63 54 55 48
JAMES Yardley 38 44 55 58 40
ANN Yardley 50 56 47 39 26
GEORGE Yardley 27 34 44 44 59
JOSEPH Yardley 27 36 40 38 24
EMMA Yardley 21 29 26 28 27
CHARLES Yardley 17 30 22 30 29
HENRY Yardley 22 24 22 26 29
SAMUEL Yardley 23 23 20 23 31
JANE Yardley 24 25 27 24 19
ELIZA Yardley 23 29 25 24 17
HANNAH Yardley 18 27 31 22 14
MARIA Yardley 20 24 22 18 12
MARY ANN Yardley 8 20 21 25 10
EDWARD Yardley 9 14 19 18 18

Etmology and History of the Surname: Yardley

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

Your Family History Search

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