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Household of Edmund Read (born 1848, Hertfordshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Hendon, Middlesex, 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.

Edmund Read and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Edmund Read, born in 1848 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, consisted of 9 members. Edmund was the head of the household, married to Laura Read, born in 1855 in Barking, Essex, England. They had 2 children; William E (born 1877 in Willesden, Middlesex, England) and Charles (born 1881 in Willesden, Middlesex, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Edmund's Father In Law, William (born 1824 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England), Edmund's Mother In Law, Mary A (born 1820 in Middlesex, England), Edmund's Sister In Law, Katherine (born 1853 in Barking, Essex, England), Edmund's Servant, Ethel L (born 1864 in Kentish Town, Middlesex, England) and Edmund's Servant, Mary E (born 1866 in Exeter, Devon, England).


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Edmund Read's household

Male

Edmund

Read

Head
Female

Laura

Read

Wife
Male

William E

Read

Son
Male

Charles

Read

Son
Male

William

Smorthwaite

Father In Law
Female

Mary A

Smorthwaite

Mother In Law
Female

Katherine

Smorthwaite

Sister In Law
Female

Ethel L

Burgess

Servant
Female

Mary E

Vinnicomb

Servant
First name(s) Edmund
Last name Read
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 33
Birth year 1848
Birth place Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Edmund

Read

Head

Married

33

1848

Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

Laura

Read

Wife

Married

26

1855

Barking, Essex, England

William E

Read

Son

Single

4

1877

Willesden, Middlesex, England

Charles

Read

Son

Single

0

1881

Willesden, Middlesex, England

William

Smorthwaite

Father In Law

Married

57

1824

Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

Mary A

Smorthwaite

Mother In Law

Married

61

1820

Middlesex, England

Katherine

Smorthwaite

Sister In Law

Single

28

1853

Barking, Essex, England

Ethel L

Burgess

Servant

Single

17

1864

Kentish Town, Middlesex, England

Mary E

Vinnicomb

Servant

Single

15

1866

Exeter, Devon, England

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