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Household of Joseph Lawson (born 1823, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Bedminster, Somerset, 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 Lawson and 4 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Lawson, born in 1823 in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, consisted of 5 members. Joseph was the head of the household, widower. He had 1 child; Margarette, born 1867 in Woolaston, Shropshire, England. He had 2 grandchildren; Elizabeth (born 1877 in Wigan, Somerset, England) and Joseph (born 1880 in Nailsea, Somerset, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Joseph's Adoptd, Mary E Payne, born in 1870 in Brynmawr, Brecknockshire, Wales.


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Joseph Lawson's household

Male

Joseph

Lawson

Head
Female

Margarette

Lawson

Daughter
Female

Mary E

Payne

Adoptd
Female

Elizabeth

Jones

Grand Daughter
Male

Joseph

Jones

Grand Son
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Lawson
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Age 58
Birth year 1823
Birth place Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England

Household members (5 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Lawson

Head

Widower

58

1823

Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England

Margarette

Lawson

Daughter

Single

14

1867

Woolaston, Shropshire, England

Mary E

Payne

Adoptd

Single

11

1870

Brynmawr, Brecknockshire, Wales

Elizabeth

Jones

Grand Daughter

Single

4

1877

Wigan, Somerset, England

Joseph

Jones

Grand Son

Single

1

1880

Nailsea, Somerset, England

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