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Household of Alice Briggs (born 1817, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Bury, Lancashire, 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.

Alice Briggs and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Alice Briggs, born in 1817 in Haslingden, Lancashire, consisted of 7 members. Alice was the head of the household, widow. She had 2 children; Mary (born 1851 in Bacup, Lancashire, England) and Betsy (born 1849 in Bacup, Lancashire, England). She had 2 grandchildren; Arthur (born 1874 in Bury, Lancashire, England) and John (born 1881 in Bury, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Alice's Son In Law, Frederick (born 1849 in Heywood, Lancashire, England) and Alice's Grand Daughter Mother, Hannah (born 1871 in Heywood, Lancashire, England).


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Alice Briggs's household

Female

Alice

Briggs

Head
Female

Mary

Briggs

Daughter
Female

Betsy

Marsden

Daughter
Male

Frederick

Marsden

Son In Law
Female

Hannah

Marsden

Grand Daughter Mother
Male

Arthur

Marsden

Grand Son
Male

John

Marsden

Grand Son
First name(s) Alice
Last name Briggs
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 64
Birth year 1817
Birth place Haslingden, Lancashire, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Alice

Briggs

Head

Widow

64

1817

Haslingden, Lancashire, England

Mary

Briggs

Daughter

Single

30

1851

Bacup, Lancashire, England

Betsy

Marsden

Daughter

Married

32

1849

Bacup, Lancashire, England

Frederick

Marsden

Son In Law

Married

32

1849

Heywood, Lancashire, England

Hannah

Marsden

Grand Daughter Mother

Single

10

1871

Heywood, Lancashire, England

Arthur

Marsden

Grand Son

Single

7

1874

Bury, Lancashire, England

John

Marsden

Grand Son

Single

0

1881

Bury, Lancashire, England

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