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Household of Joseph Edwards (born 1836, Kent)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Gravesend, Kent, 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 Edwards and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Edwards, born in 1836 in Gravesend, Kent, consisted of 10 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Mary A Edwards, born in 1836 in Rayleigh, Essex, England. They had 7 children; Mary A (born 1861 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Joseph (born 1863 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Elizabeth (born 1868 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Kate E (born 1870 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Martha (born 1872 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Frank K (born 1879 in Gravesend, Kent, England) and Edith C (born 1881 in Gravesend, Kent, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Joseph's Lodger, Frederick J Briggs, born in 1861 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.


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Joseph Edwards's household

Male

Joseph

Edwards

Head
Female

Mary A

Edwards

Wife
Female

Mary A

Edwards

Daughter
Male

Joseph

Edwards

Son
Female

Elizabeth

Edwards

Daughter
Female

Kate E

Edwards

Daughter
Female

Martha

Edwards

Daughter
Male

Frank K

Edwards

Son
Female

Edith C

Edwards

Daughter
Male

Frederick J

Briggs

Lodger
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Edwards
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 45
Birth year 1836
Birth place Gravesend, Kent, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Edwards

Head

Married

45

1836

Gravesend, Kent, England

Mary A

Edwards

Wife

Married

45

1836

Rayleigh, Essex, England

Mary A

Edwards

Daughter

Single

20

1861

Gravesend, Kent, England

Joseph

Edwards

Son

Single

18

1863

Gravesend, Kent, England

Elizabeth

Edwards

Daughter

Single

13

1868

Gravesend, Kent, England

Kate E

Edwards

Daughter

Single

11

1870

Gravesend, Kent, England

Martha

Edwards

Daughter

Single

9

1872

Gravesend, Kent, England

Frank K

Edwards

Son

Single

2

1879

Gravesend, Kent, England

Edith C

Edwards

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Gravesend, Kent, England

Frederick J

Briggs

Lodger

Single

20

1861

Ipswich, Suffolk, England

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