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Household of Alice Foster (born 1825, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Prescot, 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 Foster and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Alice Foster, born in 1825 in St Helens, Lancashire, consisted of 8 members. Alice was the head of the household, widow. She had 4 children; James (born 1853 in St Helens, Lancashire, England), Mary (born 1864 in St Helens, Lancashire, England), Joseph (born 1862 in St Helens, Lancashire, England) and William (born 1867 in St Helens, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Alice's Boarder Head, Mary Ellen (born 1855 in St Helens, Lancashire, England), Alice's Daughter Of Boarder, Mary Ann (born 1874 in St Helens, Lancashire, England) and Alice's Daughter Of Boarder, Louisa (born 1880 in St Helens, Lancashire, England).


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Alice Foster's household

Female

Alice

Foster

Head
Male

James

Foster

Son
Female

Mary

Foster

Daughter
Male

Joseph

Foster

Son
Male

William

Foster

Son
Female

Mary Ellen

Fairhurst

Boarder Head
Female

Mary Ann

Fairhurst

Daughter Of Boarder
Female

Louisa

Fairhurst

Daughter Of Boarder
First name(s) Alice
Last name Foster
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 56
Birth year 1825
Birth place St Helens, Lancashire, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Alice

Foster

Head

Widow

56

1825

St Helens, Lancashire, England

James

Foster

Son

Single

28

1853

St Helens, Lancashire, England

Mary

Foster

Daughter

Single

17

1864

St Helens, Lancashire, England

Joseph

Foster

Son

Single

19

1862

St Helens, Lancashire, England

William

Foster

Son

Single

14

1867

St Helens, Lancashire, England

Mary Ellen

Fairhurst

Boarder Head

Widow

26

1855

St Helens, Lancashire, England

Mary Ann

Fairhurst

Daughter Of Boarder

Single

7

1874

St Helens, Lancashire, England

Louisa

Fairhurst

Daughter Of Boarder

Single

1

1880

St Helens, Lancashire, England

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