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Household of Jeremiah Potter (born 1849, Yorkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Driffield, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), 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.

Jeremiah Potter and 12 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Jeremiah Potter, born in 1849 in Nafferton, Yorkshire, consisted of 13 members. Jeremiah was the head of the household, married to Esther Potter, born in 1852 in Carnaby, Yorkshire, England. They had 3 children; Mary Jane (born 1876 in Gembling, Yorkshire, England), George Thomas (born 1877 in Speeton, Yorkshire, England) and Richard (born 1879 in Lowthorpe, Yorkshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Jeremiah's Sister, Hannah (born 1865 in Nafferton, Yorkshire, England), Jeremiah's Servant, Martha (born 1867 in Driffield, Yorkshire, England), Jeremiah's Servant, Thomas (born 1859 in Millington, Yorkshire, England), Jeremiah's Servant, John T (born 1862 in Hunmanby, Yorkshire, England), Jeremiah's Servant, Thomas (born 1859 in Shelton, Bedfordshire, England), Jeremiah's Servant, George (born 1862 in Nafferton, Yorkshire, England), Jeremiah's Servant, Richard (born 1866 in Nafferton, Yorkshire, England) and Jeremiah's Servant, James (born 1859 in Norfolk, England).


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Jeremiah Potter's household

Male

Jeremiah

Potter

Head
Female

Esther

Potter

Wife
Female

Mary Jane

Potter

Daughter
Male

George Thomas

Potter

Son
Male

Richard

Potter

Son
Female

Hannah

Potter

Sister
Female

Martha

Dixon

Servant
Male

Thomas

Preston

Servant
Male

John T

Varley

Servant
Male

Thomas

Laurence

Servant
Male

George

Ferguson

Servant
Male

Richard

Cole

Servant
Male

James

Laws

Servant
First name(s) Jeremiah
Last name Potter
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 32
Birth year 1849
Birth place Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

Household members (13 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Jeremiah

Potter

Head

Married

32

1849

Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

Esther

Potter

Wife

Married

29

1852

Carnaby, Yorkshire, England

Mary Jane

Potter

Daughter

Single

5

1876

Gembling, Yorkshire, England

George Thomas

Potter

Son

Single

4

1877

Speeton, Yorkshire, England

Richard

Potter

Son

Single

2

1879

Lowthorpe, Yorkshire, England

Hannah

Potter

Sister

Single

16

1865

Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

Martha

Dixon

Servant

Single

14

1867

Driffield, Yorkshire, England

Thomas

Preston

Servant

Single

22

1859

Millington, Yorkshire, England

John T

Varley

Servant

Single

19

1862

Hunmanby, Yorkshire, England

Thomas

Laurence

Servant

Single

22

1859

Shelton, Bedfordshire, England

George

Ferguson

Servant

Single

19

1862

Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

Richard

Cole

Servant

Single

15

1866

Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

James

Laws

Servant

Single

22

1859

Norfolk, England

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