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Household of Matilday Needham (born 1834, Derbyshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Sheffield, 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.

Matilday Needham and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Matilday Needham, born in 1834 in Staveley, Derbyshire, consisted of 9 members. Matilday was the head of the household, widow. She had 5 children; John (born 1857 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England), Machan (born 1860 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England), Mary (born 1865 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England), Harriet (born 1867 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England) and Tom (born 1871 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Matilday's Lodger, William (born 1841 in Harrington, Lincolnshire, England), Matilday's Son Of Lodger, Tom (born 1865 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England) and Matilday's Son Of Lodger, William (born 1871 in Darnall, Yorkshire, England).


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Matilday Needham's household

Female

Matilday

Needham

Head
Male

John

Needham

Son
Male

Machan

Needham

Son
Female

Mary

Needham

Daughter
Female

Harriet

Needham

Daughter
Male

Tom

Needham

Son
Male

William

Spowage

Lodger
Male

Tom

Spowage

Son Of Lodger
Male

William

Spowage

Son Of Lodger
First name(s) Matilday
Last name Needham
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 47
Birth year 1834
Birth place Staveley, Derbyshire, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Matilday

Needham

Head

Widow

47

1834

Staveley, Derbyshire, England

John

Needham

Son

Single

24

1857

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Machan

Needham

Son

Single

21

1860

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Mary

Needham

Daughter

Single

16

1865

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Harriet

Needham

Daughter

Single

14

1867

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Tom

Needham

Son

Single

10

1871

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

William

Spowage

Lodger

Widower

40

1841

Harrington, Lincolnshire, England

Tom

Spowage

Son Of Lodger

Single

16

1865

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

William

Spowage

Son Of Lodger

Single

10

1871

Darnall, Yorkshire, England

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