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Household of John Wm Blight (born 1855, Devon)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Islington, London,Middlesex, 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.

John Wm Blight and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of John Wm Blight, born in 1855 in Plymouth, Devon, consisted of 8 members. John Wm was the head of the household, married to Rosina Blight, born in 1855 in Plymouth, Devon, England. They had 3 children; Edith (born 1874 in Plymouth, Devon, England), Ernest (born 1878 in Plymouth, Devon, England) and William (born 1880 in Plymouth, Devon, England).
During the period, also present in the household were John Wm's Visitor, Mary (born 1856 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England) and John Wm's Boarder Head, Frederic (born 1855 in North Walsham, Norfolk, England).


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John Wm Blight's household

Male

John Wm

Blight

Head
Female

Rosina

Blight

Wife
Female

Edith

Blight

Daughter
Male

Ernest

Blight

Son
Male

William

Blight

Son
Female

Mary

Wood

Visitor
Male

Frederic

Hooper

Boarder Head
Female

Sarah

Hooper

Wife
First name(s) John Wm
Last name Blight
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 26
Birth year 1855
Birth place Plymouth, Devon, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

John Wm

Blight

Head

Married

26

1855

Plymouth, Devon, England

Rosina

Blight

Wife

Married

26

1855

Plymouth, Devon, England

Edith

Blight

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Plymouth, Devon, England

Ernest

Blight

Son

Single

3

1878

Plymouth, Devon, England

William

Blight

Son

Single

1

1880

Plymouth, Devon, England

Mary

Wood

Visitor

Married

25

1856

Glastonbury, Somerset, England

Frederic

Hooper

Boarder Head

Married

26

1855

North Walsham, Norfolk, England

Sarah

Hooper

Wife

Married

27

1854

Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England

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