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Cricket Family History

Cricket Surname Meaning

Variant of Crickard itself a reduced form of McCrickard. Compare Thomas McCrickerd coal miner born in Ireland in Census 1881 (Workington Cumb) with the 1802 bearer.

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Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Cricket families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cricket family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Cricket families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 8 Cricket families living in Lancashire. This was about 50% of all the recorded Cricket's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Cricket families in 1891.
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Census Records

There are 773 census records available for the last name Cricket. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Cricket census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger Lists

There are 40 immigration records available for the last name Cricket. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 668 military records available for the last name Cricket. For the veterans among your Cricket ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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