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Household of Alfe Ernest Coombs (born 1857, Somerset)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Frome, Somerset, England

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The 1881 Census reveals a detailed snapshot of households in England, Wales and Scotland. The census was taken on April 3rd and the total population was recorded as 29,707,207.

Alfe Ernest Coombs and 3 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Alfe Ernest Coombs, born in 1857 in Frome, Somerset, consisted of 4 members. Alfe Ernest was the head of the household, married to Sarah Hunter Coombs, born in 1857 in Antrim, Ireland. They had 1 child; Margaret Hunter, born 1881 in Frome, Somerset, England.
During the period, also present in the household was Alfe Ernest's Servant, Louisa Godwin, born in 1865 in Poulshot, Wiltshire, England.


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Alfe Ernest Coombs's household

Male

Alfe Ernest

Coombs

Head
Female

Sarah Hunter

Coombs

Wife
Female

Margaret Hunter

Coombs

Daughter
Female

Louisa

Godwin

Servant
First name(s) Alfe Ernest
Last name Coombs
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 24
Birth year 1857
Birth place Frome, Somerset, England

Household members (4 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

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Alfe Ernest

Coombs

Head

Married

24

1857

Frome, Somerset, England

Sarah Hunter

Coombs

Wife

Married

24

1857

Antrim, Ireland

Margaret Hunter

Coombs

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Frome, Somerset, England

Louisa

Godwin

Servant

Single

16

1865

Poulshot, Wiltshire, England

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