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Household of Edwin Briggs (born 1834, Surrey)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Poplar, London,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.

Edwin Briggs and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Edwin Briggs, born in 1834 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, consisted of 8 members. Edwin was the head of the household, married to Hannah Briggs, born in 1843 in South Shields, Durham, England. They had 6 children; John (born 1865 in Poplar, Middlesex, England), Mary (born 1867 in Poplar, Middlesex, England), George (born 1871 in Bromley, Middlesex, England), Edwin (born 1874 in Bromley, Middlesex, England), Thomas (born 1876 in Bromley, Middlesex, England) and Richard (born 1879 in Bromley, Middlesex, England).


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Edwin Briggs's household

Male

Edwin

Briggs

Head
Female

Hannah

Briggs

Wife
Male

John

Briggs

Son
Female

Mary

Briggs

Daughter
Male

George

Briggs

Son
Male

Edwin

Briggs

Son
Male

Thomas

Briggs

Son
Male

Richard

Briggs

Son
First name(s) Edwin
Last name Briggs
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 47
Birth year 1834
Birth place Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Edwin

Briggs

Head

Married

47

1834

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Hannah

Briggs

Wife

Married

38

1843

South Shields, Durham, England

John

Briggs

Son

Single

16

1865

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Mary

Briggs

Daughter

Single

14

1867

Poplar, Middlesex, England

George

Briggs

Son

Single

10

1871

Bromley, Middlesex, England

Edwin

Briggs

Son

Single

7

1874

Bromley, Middlesex, England

Thomas

Briggs

Son

Single

5

1876

Bromley, Middlesex, England

Richard

Briggs

Son

Single

2

1879

Bromley, Middlesex, England

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