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Household of Margaret Read (born 1810, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Preston, 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.

Margaret Read and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Margaret Read, born in 1810 in Claughton, Lancashire, consisted of 10 members. Margaret was the head of the household, widow. She had 1 child; George, born 1836 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. She had 7 grandchildren; William (born 1857 in Burnley, Lancashire, England), Sarah (born 1854 in Westmorland, England), George (born 1865 in Halton, Lancashire, England), Margaret (born 1862 in Lancashire, England), Rosannah (born 1868 in Lancashire, England), Joseph (born 1871 in Heywood, Lancashire, England) and Rachel (born 1878 in Heywood, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Margaret's Daughter In Law, Jane Grimshaw, born in 1835 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.


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Margaret Read's household

Female

Margaret

Read

Head
Male

William

Grimshaw

Grand Son
Female

Sarah

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter
Male

George

Grimshaw

Grand Son
Male

George

Grimshaw

Son
Female

Jane

Grimshaw

Daughter In Law
Female

Margaret

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter
Female

Rosannah

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter
Male

Joseph

Grimshaw

Grand Son
Female

Rachel

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter
First name(s) Margaret
Last name Read
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 71
Birth year 1810
Birth place Claughton, Lancashire, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Margaret

Read

Head

Widow

71

1810

Claughton, Lancashire, England

William

Grimshaw

Grand Son

Married

24

1857

Burnley, Lancashire, England

Sarah

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter

Married

27

1854

Westmorland, England

George

Grimshaw

Grand Son

Single

16

1865

Halton, Lancashire, England

George

Grimshaw

Son

Married

45

1836

Burnley, Lancashire, England

Jane

Grimshaw

Daughter In Law

Married

46

1835

Burnley, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter

Single

19

1862

Lancashire, England

Rosannah

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter

Single

13

1868

Lancashire, England

Joseph

Grimshaw

Grand Son

Single

10

1871

Heywood, Lancashire, England

Rachel

Grimshaw

Grand Daughter

Single

3

1878

Heywood, Lancashire, England

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