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Household of Joseph Wm Plumb (born 1840, Suffolk)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Sunderland, 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 Wm Plumb and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joseph Wm Plumb, born in 1840 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, consisted of 9 members. Joseph Wm was the head of the household, married to Prudence Plumb, born in 1844 in Ambleside, Westmorland, England. They had 6 children; Richard H F (born 1865 in Ambleside, Westmorland, England), John B (born 1867 in Whitburn, Durham, England), Charles A (born 1869 in Sunderland, Durham, England), Elizabeth M (born 1870 in Sunderland, Durham, England), Beatrice M (born 1874 in Sunderland, Durham, England) and Ethel M (born 1879 in Sunderland, Durham, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Joseph Wm's Servant, Esther Wilson, born in 1861 in Sunderland, Durham, England.


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Joseph Wm Plumb's household

Male

Joseph Wm

Plumb

Head
Female

Prudence

Plumb

Wife
Male

Richard H F

Plumb

Son
Male

John B

Plumb

Son
Male

Charles A

Plumb

Son
Female

Elizabeth M

Plumb

Daughter
Female

Beatrice M

Plumb

Daughter
Female

Ethel M

Plumb

Daughter
Female

Esther

Wilson

Servant
First name(s) Joseph Wm
Last name Plumb
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 41
Birth year 1840
Birth place Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joseph Wm

Plumb

Head

Married

41

1840

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Prudence

Plumb

Wife

Married

37

1844

Ambleside, Westmorland, England

Richard H F

Plumb

Son

Single

16

1865

Ambleside, Westmorland, England

John B

Plumb

Son

Single

14

1867

Whitburn, Durham, England

Charles A

Plumb

Son

Single

12

1869

Sunderland, Durham, England

Elizabeth M

Plumb

Daughter

Single

11

1870

Sunderland, Durham, England

Beatrice M

Plumb

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Sunderland, Durham, England

Ethel M

Plumb

Daughter

Single

2

1879

Sunderland, Durham, England

Esther

Wilson

Servant

Single

20

1861

Sunderland, Durham, England

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