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Household of Horatio Lay (born 1837, Surrey)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Camberwell, London,Surrey, 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.

Horatio Lay and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Horatio Lay, born in 1837 in Bermondsey, Surrey, consisted of 8 members. Horatio was the head of the household, married to Clara Lay, born in 1839 in Southwark, Surrey, England. They had 5 children; Harry Albert Horatio (born 1864 in Peckham, Surrey, England), Edith Maud (born 1869 in Peckham, Surrey, England), Herbert Poulton (born 1872 in Lambeth, Surrey, England), Jessie Blanch (born 1873 in Lambeth, Surrey, England) and Lilian Beatrice (born 1881 in Lambeth, Surrey, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Horatio's Servant, Ellen Squire, born in 1865 in Somerset, England.


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Horatio Lay's household

Male

Horatio

Lay

Head
Female

Clara

Lay

Wife
Male

Harry Albert Horatio

Lay

Son
Female

Edith Maud

Lay

Daughter
Male

Herbert Poulton

Lay

Son
Female

Jessie Blanch

Lay

Daughter
Female

Lilian Beatrice

Lay

Daughter
Female

Ellen

Squire

Servant
First name(s) Horatio
Last name Lay
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 44
Birth year 1837
Birth place Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Horatio

Lay

Head

Married

44

1837

Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Clara

Lay

Wife

Married

42

1839

Southwark, Surrey, England

Harry Albert Horatio

Lay

Son

Single

17

1864

Peckham, Surrey, England

Edith Maud

Lay

Daughter

Single

12

1869

Peckham, Surrey, England

Herbert Poulton

Lay

Son

Single

9

1872

Lambeth, Surrey, England

Jessie Blanch

Lay

Daughter

Single

8

1873

Lambeth, Surrey, England

Lilian Beatrice

Lay

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Lambeth, Surrey, England

Ellen

Squire

Servant

Single

16

1865

Somerset, England

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