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Household of Henry Hems (born 1842, Warwickshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Prescot, 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.

Henry Hems and 11 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Henry Hems, born in 1842 in Erdington, Warwickshire, consisted of 12 members. Henry was the head of the household, married to Mary Ann Hems, born in 1842 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. They had 9 children; James (born 1864 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England), Hannah (born 1866 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England), Lizzie (born 1868 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), Clara (born 1870 in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England), Maria (born 1872 in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England), Henry (born 1874 in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England), Ada (born 1877 in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England), Selina (born 1879 in St Helens, Lancashire, England) and William Thos (born 1881 in St Helens, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Henry's Boarder, William Simmons, born in 1856 in Staffordshire, England.


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Henry Hems's household

Male

Henry

Hems

Head
Female

Mary Ann

Hems

Wife
Male

James

Hems

Son
Female

Hannah

Hems

Daughter
Female

Lizzie

Hems

Daughter
Female

Clara

Hems

Daughter
Female

Maria

Hems

Daughter
Male

Henry

Hems

Son
Female

Ada

Hems

Daughter
Female

Selina

Hems

Daughter
Male

William Thos

Hems

Son
Male

William

Simmons

Boarder
First name(s) Henry
Last name Hems
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 39
Birth year 1842
Birth place Erdington, Warwickshire, England

Household members (12 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Henry

Hems

Head

Married

39

1842

Erdington, Warwickshire, England

Mary Ann

Hems

Wife

Married

39

1842

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

James

Hems

Son

Single

17

1864

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

Hannah

Hems

Daughter

Single

15

1866

Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England

Lizzie

Hems

Daughter

Single

13

1868

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Clara

Hems

Daughter

Single

11

1870

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England

Maria

Hems

Daughter

Single

9

1872

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England

Henry

Hems

Son

Single

7

1874

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England

Ada

Hems

Daughter

Single

4

1877

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England

Selina

Hems

Daughter

Single

2

1879

St Helens, Lancashire, England

William Thos

Hems

Son

Single

0

1881

St Helens, Lancashire, England

William

Simmons

Boarder

Single

25

1856

Staffordshire, England

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