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Household of Joseph W Button (born 1846, Suffolk)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in St Olave Southwark, London,Surrey, 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 W Button and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph W Button, born in 1846 in Ardleigh, Suffolk, consisted of 9 members. Joseph W was the head of the household, married to Emily Button, born in 1849 in Cambridgeshire, England. They had 3 children; Ernest F (born 1878 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England), Joseph W (born 1880 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England) and Florence (born 1881 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Joseph W's Servant, Rose (born 1858 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England), Joseph W's Servant, Elizabeth (born 1861 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England), Joseph W's Servant, Elizabeth (born 1856 in Clapham, Surrey, England) and Joseph W's Servant, Ada (born 1861 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England).


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Joseph W Button's household

Male

Joseph W

Button

Head
Female

Emily

Button

Wife
Male

Ernest F

Button

Son
Male

Joseph W

Button

Son
Female

Florence

Button

Daughter
Female

Rose

Sanderson

Servant
Female

Elizabeth

Esmond

Servant
Female

Elizabeth

Biggins

Servant
Female

Ada

Williamson

Servant
First name(s) Joseph W
Last name Button
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 35
Birth year 1846
Birth place Ardleigh, Suffolk, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph W

Button

Head

Married

35

1846

Ardleigh, Suffolk, England

Emily

Button

Wife

Married

32

1849

Cambridgeshire, England

Ernest F

Button

Son

Single

3

1878

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Joseph W

Button

Son

Single

1

1880

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Florence

Button

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Rose

Sanderson

Servant

Single

23

1858

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Elizabeth

Esmond

Servant

Single

20

1861

Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Elizabeth

Biggins

Servant

Single

25

1856

Clapham, Surrey, England

Ada

Williamson

Servant

Single

20

1861

Bermondsey, Surrey, England

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