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Household of Joseph Whelan (born 1855, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Manchester, Lancashire, 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 Whelan and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Whelan, born in 1855 in Liverpool, Lancashire, consisted of 9 members. Joseph was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Whelan, born in 1858 in Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland. They had 3 children; Mary (born 1876 in Manchester, Lancashire, England), Margaret (born 1878 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) and Ellen (born 1881 in Manchester, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Joseph's Father In Law, John (born 1805 in Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland), Joseph's Lodger, Mary (born 1829 in Galway, Ireland), Joseph's Lodger, Martin J (born 1846 in Ireland) and Joseph's Lodger, Thomas (born 1855 in Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England).


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Joseph Whelan's household

Male

Joseph

Whelan

Head
Female

Elizabeth

Whelan

Wife
Female

Mary

Whelan

Daughter
Female

Margaret

Whelan

Daughter
Female

Ellen

Whelan

Daughter
Male

John

Quinn

Father In Law
Female

Mary

Water

Lodger
Male

Martin J

Cirtillae

Lodger
Male

Thomas

Nicholl

Lodger
First name(s) Joseph
Last name Whelan
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 26
Birth year 1855
Birth place Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph

Whelan

Head

Married

26

1855

Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth

Whelan

Wife

Married

23

1858

Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland

Mary

Whelan

Daughter

Single

5

1876

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Whelan

Daughter

Single

3

1878

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Ellen

Whelan

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Manchester, Lancashire, England

John

Quinn

Father In Law

Widower

76

1805

Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland

Mary

Water

Lodger

Widow

52

1829

Galway, Ireland

Martin J

Cirtillae

Lodger

Single

35

1846

Ireland

Thomas

Nicholl

Lodger

Single

26

1855

Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England

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