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Household of Hamlet Spenser (born 1847, Denbighshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Chester, Cheshire, 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.

Hamlet Spenser and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Hamlet Spenser, born in 1847 in Ruabon, Denbighshire, consisted of 7 members. Hamlet was the head of the household, married to Mary J Spenser, born in 1848 in Yorkshire, England. They had 5 children; Tom (born 1871 in Saltney, Cheshire, England), Edwin (born 1873 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England), Charles (born 1875 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England), Edith (born 1877 in Saltney, Flintshire, Wales) and Edith (born 1880 in Saltney, Cheshire, England).


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Hamlet Spenser's household

Male

Hamlet

Spenser

Head
Female

Mary J

Spenser

Wife
Male

Tom

Spenser

Son
Male

Edwin

Spenser

Son
Male

Charles

Spenser

Son
Female

Edith

Spenser

Daughter
Female

Edith

Spenser

Daughter
First name(s) Hamlet
Last name Spenser
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 34
Birth year 1847
Birth place Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Hamlet

Spenser

Head

Married

34

1847

Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales

Mary J

Spenser

Wife

Married

33

1848

Yorkshire, England

Tom

Spenser

Son

Single

10

1871

Saltney, Cheshire, England

Edwin

Spenser

Son

Single

8

1873

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Charles

Spenser

Son

Single

6

1875

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Edith

Spenser

Daughter

Single

4

1877

Saltney, Flintshire, Wales

Edith

Spenser

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Saltney, Cheshire, England

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