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Tillyard Family History

Tillyard Surname Meaning

Variant of Tiller and Tillier + excrescent -d. Compare Roger Tiller 1558 Mara Tillyard 1659 in IGI (Norwich Norfolk);

William Tiller 1612 in IGI (Totnes Devon) and

William Tillard 1623 in PROB 11 (Totnes Devon).

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


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Where is the Tillyard family from?

You can see how Tillyard families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Tillyard family name was found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 23 Tillyard families living in Middlesex. This was about 29% of all the recorded Tillyard's in United Kingdom. Middlesex had the highest population of Tillyard families in 1891.
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What did your Tillyard ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Milk Salesman and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Tillyard. 100% of Tillyard men worked as a Milk Salesman and 95% of Tillyard women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Milk Salesman
    100%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    95%
  • General Domestic
    6%

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Census Records

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Passenger Lists

There are 250 immigration records available for the last name Tillyard. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Cards

There are 133 military records available for the last name Tillyard. For the veterans among your Tillyard ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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