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Household of Joseph Bowthorp (born 1842, Middlesex)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Poplar, 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.

Joseph Bowthorp and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Bowthorp, born in 1842 in Poplar, Middlesex, consisted of 7 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Mary Ann Bowthorp, born in 1841 in Norfolk, England. They had 4 children; Joseph (born 1868 in Poplar, Middlesex, England), Edward (born 1870 in Poplar, Middlesex, England), Walter (born 1873 in Poplar, Middlesex, England) and Ethel (born 1880 in Poplar, Middlesex, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Joseph's Boarder, John Horothwaite, born in 1848 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.


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Joseph Bowthorp's household

Male

Joseph

Bowthorp

Head
Female

Mary Ann

Bowthorp

Wife
Male

Joseph

Bowthorp

Son
Male

Edward

Bowthorp

Son
Male

Walter

Bowthorp

Son
Female

Ethel

Bowthorp

Daughter
Male

John

Horothwaite

Boarder
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Bowthorp
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 39
Birth year 1842
Birth place Poplar, Middlesex, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Bowthorp

Head

Married

39

1842

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Mary Ann

Bowthorp

Wife

Married

40

1841

Norfolk, England

Joseph

Bowthorp

Son

Single

13

1868

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Edward

Bowthorp

Son

Single

11

1870

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Walter

Bowthorp

Son

Single

8

1873

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Ethel

Bowthorp

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Poplar, Middlesex, England

John

Horothwaite

Boarder

Single

33

1848

Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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