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Household of Henry Sykes Thornton (born 1851, Herefordshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Bridge, Kent, 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 Sykes Thornton and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Henry Sykes Thornton, born in 1851 in Llanwarne, Herefordshire, consisted of 10 members. Henry Sykes was the head of the household, married to Mary Louisa Thornton, born in 1850 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. They had 4 children; Isabel May M (born 1874 in Sandwich, Kent, England), Henry Watson S (born 1875 in Sandwich, Kent, England), Inglis Sykes (born 1876 in Sandwich, Kent, England) and Merial Mary (born 1878 in Sandwich, Kent, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Henry Sykes's Visitor, Percy (born 1856 in India), Henry Sykes's Servant, Ellen (born 1856 in Walthamstow, Essex, England), Henry Sykes's Servant, Susan (born 1850 in Maidstone, Kent, England) and Henry Sykes's Servant, Emily (born 1864 in Kent, England).


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Henry Sykes Thornton's household

Male

Henry Sykes

Thornton

Head
Female

Mary Louisa

Thornton

Wife
Female

Isabel May M

Thornton

Daughter
Male

Henry Watson S

Thornton

Son
Male

Inglis Sykes

Thornton

Son
Female

Merial Mary

Thornton

Daughter
Male

Percy

Green

Visitor
Female

Ellen

Luckhurst

Servant
Female

Susan

Reader

Servant
Female

Emily

Terry

Servant
First name(s) Henry Sykes
Last name Thornton
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 30
Birth year 1851
Birth place Llanwarne, Herefordshire, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Henry Sykes

Thornton

Head

Married

30

1851

Llanwarne, Herefordshire, England

Mary Louisa

Thornton

Wife

Married

31

1850

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Isabel May M

Thornton

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Sandwich, Kent, England

Henry Watson S

Thornton

Son

Single

6

1875

Sandwich, Kent, England

Inglis Sykes

Thornton

Son

Single

5

1876

Sandwich, Kent, England

Merial Mary

Thornton

Daughter

Single

3

1878

Sandwich, Kent, England

Percy

Green

Visitor

Single

25

1856

India

Ellen

Luckhurst

Servant

Single

25

1856

Walthamstow, Essex, England

Susan

Reader

Servant

Single

31

1850

Maidstone, Kent, England

Emily

Terry

Servant

Single

17

1864

Kent, England

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