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Household of Alfred Portway (born 1848, Essex)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Bromley, Kent, 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.

Alfred Portway and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Alfred Portway, born in 1848 in Saffron Walden, Essex, consisted of 8 members. Alfred was the head of the household, married to Emma Portway, born in 1848 in Elsenham, Essex, England. They had 4 children; Alfred Peter (born 1876 in Bromley, Kent, England), Dorothea Sara (born 1878 in Bromley, Kent, England), Mary Ethel (born 1880 in Bromley, Kent, England) and Emma Gertrude (born 1880 in Bromley, Kent, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Alfred's Servant, Martha (born 1860 in Standon, Hertfordshire, England) and Alfred's Servant, Eliza (born 1865 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England).


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Alfred Portway's household

Male

Alfred

Portway

Head
Female

Emma

Portway

Wife
Male

Alfred Peter

Portway

Son
Female

Dorothea Sara

Portway

Daughter
Female

Mary Ethel

Portway

Daughter
Female

Emma Gertrude

Portway

Daughter
Female

Martha

Percy

Servant
Female

Eliza

Hart

Servant
First name(s) Alfred
Last name Portway
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 33
Birth year 1848
Birth place Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Alfred

Portway

Head

Married

33

1848

Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Emma

Portway

Wife

Married

33

1848

Elsenham, Essex, England

Alfred Peter

Portway

Son

Single

5

1876

Bromley, Kent, England

Dorothea Sara

Portway

Daughter

Single

3

1878

Bromley, Kent, England

Mary Ethel

Portway

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Bromley, Kent, England

Emma Gertrude

Portway

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Bromley, Kent, England

Martha

Percy

Servant

Single

21

1860

Standon, Hertfordshire, England

Eliza

Hart

Servant

Single

16

1865

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

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