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Household of Joshua Sanderson (born 1835, Yorkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Dewsbury, 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.

Joshua Sanderson and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Joshua Sanderson, born in 1835 in Brotherton, Yorkshire, consisted of 7 members. Joshua was the head of the household, married to Sarah Sanderson, born in 1835 in Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England. They had 1 child; Thomas, born 1859 in Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England.
During the period, also present in the household were Joshua's Sons Wife, Elizabeth (born 1857 in Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England), Joshua's Grand Son Grand Daughter, Gertrude (born 1881 in Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England), Joshua's Mother In Law, Sarah Asquith (born 1797 in Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England) and Joshua's Boarder, Arthur (born 1879 in Briestfield, Yorkshire, England).


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Joshua Sanderson's household

Male

Joshua

Sanderson

Head
Female

Sarah

Sanderson

Wife
Male

Thomas

Sanderson

Son
Female

Elizabeth

Sanderson

Sons Wife
Female

Gertrude

Sanderson

Grand Son Grand Daughter
Female

Sarah Asquith

Glover

Mother In Law
Male

Arthur

Hampshire

Boarder
First name(s) Joshua
Last name Sanderson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 46
Birth year 1835
Birth place Brotherton, Yorkshire, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Joshua

Sanderson

Head

Married

46

1835

Brotherton, Yorkshire, England

Sarah

Sanderson

Wife

Married

46

1835

Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England

Thomas

Sanderson

Son

Married

22

1859

Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth

Sanderson

Sons Wife

Married

24

1857

Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England

Gertrude

Sanderson

Grand Son Grand Daughter

Single

0

1881

Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England

Sarah Asquith

Glover

Mother In Law

Widow

84

1797

Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England

Arthur

Hampshire

Boarder

Single

2

1879

Briestfield, Yorkshire, England

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