Skip to content
  • Start free trial
An original census record

Start a free trial to view

Get access to the original record, as well as a map showing the local area at the time

Household of Joseph Foster (born 1819, Worcestershire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Dudley, Staffordshire, England

More informationkeyboard_arrow_down

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 Foster and 10 other people are on this record

More informationkeyboard_arrow_down

In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Foster, born in 1819 in Dudley, Worcestershire, consisted of 11 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Eliza Foster, born in 1817 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England. They had 1 child; James, born 1856 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England.
During the period, also present in the household were Joseph's Lodger Head, John (born 1839 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England), Joseph's Wife Lodger, Ellen (born 1846 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England), Joseph's Son Lodger, Thomas (born 1864 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England), Joseph's Daughter Lodger, Ellen (born 1868 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England), Joseph's Son Lodger, John (born 1870 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England), Joseph's Daughter Lodger, Eliza (born 1873 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England), Joseph's Daughter Lodger, Edith (born 1875 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England) and Joseph's Daughter Lodger, Alice (born 1881 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England).


Get access to the original record, as well as a map showing the local area at the time

Joseph Foster's household

Male

Joseph

Foster

Head
Female

Eliza

Foster

Wife
Male

James

Foster

Son
Male

John

Bedows

Lodger Head
Female

Ellen

Bedows

Wife Lodger
Male

Thomas

Bedows

Son Lodger
Female

Ellen

Bedows

Daughter Lodger
Male

John

Bedows

Son Lodger
Female

Eliza

Bedows

Daughter Lodger
Female

Edith

Bedows

Daughter Lodger
Female

Alice

Bedows

Daughter Lodger
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Foster
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 62
Birth year 1819
Birth place Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Household members (11 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Foster

Head

Married

62

1819

Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Eliza

Foster

Wife

Married

64

1817

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

James

Foster

Son

Single

25

1856

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

John

Bedows

Lodger Head

Married

42

1839

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

Ellen

Bedows

Wife Lodger

Married

35

1846

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

Thomas

Bedows

Son Lodger

Single

17

1864

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

Ellen

Bedows

Daughter Lodger

Single

13

1868

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

John

Bedows

Son Lodger

Single

11

1870

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

Eliza

Bedows

Daughter Lodger

Single

8

1873

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

Edith

Bedows

Daughter Lodger

Single

6

1875

West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

Alice

Bedows

Daughter Lodger

Single

0

1881

Tipton, Staffordshire, England

Explore Findmypast's newspaper collections

Explore the 1881 Census and millions of historical records for free with Findmypast. Find out more about the household of Joseph Foster in Dudley in 1881, and follow the Foster family through time in other national records, newspapers and more.

We've found family trees for Joseph Foster

We’ve found Joseph Foster in 181 family trees. Find out more about Joseph Foster's household and view the Foster family in family trees created by Findmypast members.

Not who you're looking for?

Other households on nearby pages of the 1881 Census