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Household of Jabez May (born 1835, Yorkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Stockport, 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.

Jabez May and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Jabez May, born in 1835 in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, consisted of 9 members. Jabez was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Ann May, born in 1840 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England. They had 5 children; Alfred Hardy (born 1864 in Newton, Cheshire, England), George Edmund (born 1868 in Newton, Cheshire, England), William (born 1872 in Newton, Cheshire, England), Mary Annie (born 1874 in Newton, Cheshire, England) and Miriam (born 1876 in Hyde, Cheshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Jabez's Adopted Daughter, Alice Ann (born 1861 in Stockport, Cheshire, England) and Jabez's Boarder, Mary Ellen (born 1866 in Hyde, Cheshire, England).


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Jabez May's household

Male

Jabez

May

Head
Female

Elizabeth Ann

May

Wife
Male

Alfred Hardy

May

Son
Male

George Edmund

May

Son
Male

William

May

Son
Female

Mary Annie

May

Daughter
Female

Miriam

May

Daughter
Female

Alice Ann

Hooley

Adopted Daughter
Female

Mary Ellen

Beech

Boarder
First name(s) Jabez
Last name May
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 46
Birth year 1835
Birth place Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Jabez

May

Head

Married

46

1835

Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth Ann

May

Wife

Married

41

1840

Dukinfield, Cheshire, England

Alfred Hardy

May

Son

Single

17

1864

Newton, Cheshire, England

George Edmund

May

Son

Single

13

1868

Newton, Cheshire, England

William

May

Son

Single

9

1872

Newton, Cheshire, England

Mary Annie

May

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Newton, Cheshire, England

Miriam

May

Daughter

Single

5

1876

Hyde, Cheshire, England

Alice Ann

Hooley

Adopted Daughter

Single

20

1861

Stockport, Cheshire, England

Mary Ellen

Beech

Boarder

Single

15

1866

Hyde, Cheshire, England

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