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Household of Joseph Reay (born 1834, Durham)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Chester Le Street, Durham, 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 Reay and 10 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Reay, born in 1834 in Gateshead, Durham, consisted of 11 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Mary Reay, born in 1837 in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England. They had 9 children; Robert (born 1858 in Gateshead, Durham, England), Jane (born 1860 in Gateshead, Durham, England), Annie (born 1862 in Gateshead, Durham, England), Peter (born 1865 in Gateshead, Durham, England), Joseph (born 1867 in Lamesley, Durham, England), Agnes (born 1870 in Lamesley, Durham, England), Mary (born 1874 in Lamesley, Durham, England), Thomas W (born 1877 in Lamesley, Durham, England) and John (born 1879 in Lamesley, Durham, England).


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Joseph Reay's household

Male

Joseph

Reay

Head
Female

Mary

Reay

Wife
Male

Robert

Reay

Son
Female

Jane

Reay

Daughter
Female

Annie

Reay

Daughter
Male

Peter

Reay

Son
Male

Joseph

Reay

Son
Female

Agnes

Reay

Daughter
Female

Mary

Reay

Daughter
Male

Thomas W

Reay

Son
Male

John

Reay

Son
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Reay
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 47
Birth year 1834
Birth place Gateshead, Durham, England

Household members (11 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Reay

Head

Married

47

1834

Gateshead, Durham, England

Mary

Reay

Wife

Married

44

1837

Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England

Robert

Reay

Son

Single

23

1858

Gateshead, Durham, England

Jane

Reay

Daughter

Single

21

1860

Gateshead, Durham, England

Annie

Reay

Daughter

Single

19

1862

Gateshead, Durham, England

Peter

Reay

Son

Single

16

1865

Gateshead, Durham, England

Joseph

Reay

Son

Single

14

1867

Lamesley, Durham, England

Agnes

Reay

Daughter

Single

11

1870

Lamesley, Durham, England

Mary

Reay

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Lamesley, Durham, England

Thomas W

Reay

Son

Single

4

1877

Lamesley, Durham, England

John

Reay

Son

Single

2

1879

Lamesley, Durham, England

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