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Household of Joseph Rigby (born 1838, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Hunslet, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), 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 Rigby and 10 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Rigby, born in 1838 in Wigan, Lancashire, consisted of 11 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Alice Rigby, born in 1839 in Wigan, Lancashire, England. They had 8 children; Walter I (born 1861 in Wigan, Lancashire, England), Ellen (born 1863 in Wigan, Lancashire, England), Sarah A (born 1865 in Wigan, Lancashire, England), Joseph (born 1867 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), Margaret (born 1868 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), Robert J (born 1870 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England), Alfred (born 1874 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) and Alexander (born 1880 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Joseph's Boarder, William Hart, born in 1855 in Wigan, Lancashire, England.


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Joseph Rigby's household

Male

Joseph

Rigby

Head
Female

Alice

Rigby

Wife
Male

Walter I

Rigby

Son
Female

Ellen

Rigby

Daughter
Female

Sarah A

Rigby

Daughter
Male

Joseph

Rigby

Son
Female

Margaret

Rigby

Daughter
Male

Robert J

Rigby

Son
Male

Alfred

Rigby

Son
Male

Alexander

Rigby

Son
Male

William

Hart

Boarder
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Rigby
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 43
Birth year 1838
Birth place Wigan, Lancashire, England

Household members (11 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Rigby

Head

Married

43

1838

Wigan, Lancashire, England

Alice

Rigby

Wife

Married

42

1839

Wigan, Lancashire, England

Walter I

Rigby

Son

Single

20

1861

Wigan, Lancashire, England

Ellen

Rigby

Daughter

Single

18

1863

Wigan, Lancashire, England

Sarah A

Rigby

Daughter

Single

16

1865

Wigan, Lancashire, England

Joseph

Rigby

Son

Single

14

1867

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Margaret

Rigby

Daughter

Single

13

1868

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Robert J

Rigby

Son

Single

11

1870

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Alfred

Rigby

Son

Single

7

1874

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Alexander

Rigby

Son

Single

1

1880

Leeds, Yorkshire, England

William

Hart

Boarder

Single

26

1855

Wigan, Lancashire, England

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