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Household of Edwin J Read (born 1845, Gloucestershire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Chorlton, 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.

Edwin J Read and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Edwin J Read, born in 1845 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, consisted of 10 members. Edwin J was the head of the household, married to Mary A Read, born in 1842 in Wellington, Somerset, England. They had 7 children; Emily E (born 1865 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England), Elenor L (born 1868 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England), William C (born 1872 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), George E (born 1874 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), Edwin (born 1875 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), Fanny (born 1879 in Stoke, Staffordshire, England) and Herbert H (born 1881 in Manchester, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Edwin J's Servant, Alfred Cuttle, born in 1863 in Stockport, Lancashire, England.


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Edwin J Read's household

Male

Edwin J

Read

Head
Female

Mary A

Read

Wife
Female

Emily E

Read

Daughter
Female

Elenor L

Read

Daughter
Male

William C

Read

Son
Male

George E

Read

Son
Male

Edwin

Read

Son
Female

Fanny

Read

Daughter
Male

Herbert H

Read

Son
Male

Alfred

Cuttle

Servant
First name(s) Edwin J
Last name Read
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 36
Birth year 1845
Birth place Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Edwin J

Read

Head

Married

36

1845

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Mary A

Read

Wife

Married

39

1842

Wellington, Somerset, England

Emily E

Read

Daughter

Single

16

1865

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Elenor L

Read

Daughter

Single

13

1868

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

William C

Read

Son

Single

9

1872

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

George E

Read

Son

Single

7

1874

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Edwin

Read

Son

Single

6

1875

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Fanny

Read

Daughter

Single

2

1879

Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Herbert H

Read

Son

Single

0

1881

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Alfred

Cuttle

Servant

Single

18

1863

Stockport, Lancashire, England

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