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Household of Jannet Cookson (born 1836, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Clitheroe, 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.

Jannet Cookson and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Jannet Cookson, born in 1836 in Greenhalgh, Lancashire, consisted of 7 members. Jannet was the head of the household, widow. She had 5 children; Thomas (born 1870 in Newton, Lancashire, England), John Richard (born 1872 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England), Margaret (born 1875 in Mitton, Lancashire, England), James (born 1877 in Mitton, Lancashire, England) and Albert (born 1880 in Mitton, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Jannet's Lodger, Benjamin Hanson, born in 1818 in Mitton, Lancashire, England.


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Jannet Cookson's household

Female

Jannet

Cookson

Head
Male

Thomas

Cookson

Son
Male

John Richard

Cookson

Son
Female

Margaret

Cookson

Daughter
Male

James

Cookson

Son
Male

Albert

Cookson

Son
Male

Benjamin

Hanson

Lodger
First name(s) Jannet
Last name Cookson
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 45
Birth year 1836
Birth place Greenhalgh, Lancashire, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Jannet

Cookson

Head

Widow

45

1836

Greenhalgh, Lancashire, England

Thomas

Cookson

Son

Single

11

1870

Newton, Lancashire, England

John Richard

Cookson

Son

Single

9

1872

Kirkham, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Cookson

Daughter

Single

6

1875

Mitton, Lancashire, England

James

Cookson

Son

Single

4

1877

Mitton, Lancashire, England

Albert

Cookson

Son

Single

1

1880

Mitton, Lancashire, England

Benjamin

Hanson

Lodger

Single

63

1818

Mitton, Lancashire, England

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