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Household of Benjamin Joseph Law (born 1847, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Leigh, 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.

Benjamin Joseph Law and 2 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Benjamin Joseph Law, born in 1847 in Chorley, Lancashire, consisted of 3 members. Benjamin Joseph was the head of the household, married to Emily Sarah Law, born in 1848 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. They had 1 child; Ben Alfred, born 1880 in Atherton, Lancashire, England.


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Benjamin Joseph Law's household

Male

Benjamin Joseph

Law

Head
Female

Emily Sarah

Law

Wife
Male

Ben Alfred

Law

Son
First name(s) Benjamin Joseph
Last name Law
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 34
Birth year 1847
Birth place Chorley, Lancashire, England

Household members (3 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Benjamin Joseph

Law

Head

Married

34

1847

Chorley, Lancashire, England

Emily Sarah

Law

Wife

Married

33

1848

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Ben Alfred

Law

Son

Single

1

1880

Atherton, Lancashire, England

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