Abbey Family History
Abbey Name Meaning
English: from Middle English abbeye, abbaye (Old
French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest’s house’),
applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey,
or an occupational name for someone working in one.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Abbey
Name Distribution of Abbey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Abbey families
 242 - 482  81 - 241 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Abbey families
|
11 - 19 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Abbey census records
You can see how Abbey families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Abbey Family Origin
Abbey Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Abbey families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Abbey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Abbey census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Abbey ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Abbey
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