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Household of Benjamin Fensome (born 1849, Bedfordshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Dewsbury, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), 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.

Benjamin Fensome and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Benjamin Fensome, born in 1849 in Dunstable Houghton, Bedfordshire, consisted of 7 members. Benjamin was the head of the household, married to Benjamina Fensome, born in 1841 in Thorp, Derbyshire, England. They had 4 children; Sarah (born 1869 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), Albert (born 1871 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), Fred (born 1873 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) and Ruth (born 1878 in Gomersal, Yorkshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Benjamin's Step Daughter, Mary Sudworth, born in 1867 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.


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Benjamin Fensome's household

Male

Benjamin

Fensome

Head
Female

Benjamina

Fensome

Wife
Female

Mary

Sudworth

Step Daughter
Female

Sarah

Sudworth

Daughter
Male

Albert

Sudworth

Son
Male

Fred

Sudworth

Son
Female

Ruth

Fensome

Daughter
First name(s) Benjamin
Last name Fensome
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 32
Birth year 1849
Birth place Dunstable Houghton, Bedfordshire, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Benjamin

Fensome

Head

Married

32

1849

Dunstable Houghton, Bedfordshire, England

Benjamina

Fensome

Wife

Married

40

1841

Thorp, Derbyshire, England

Mary

Sudworth

Step Daughter

Single

14

1867

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Sarah

Sudworth

Daughter

Single

12

1869

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Albert

Sudworth

Son

Single

10

1871

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Fred

Sudworth

Son

Single

8

1873

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Ruth

Fensome

Daughter

Single

3

1878

Gomersal, Yorkshire, England

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