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Household of Moses Mewitt (born 1819, Sussex)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Eastbourne, Sussex, 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.

Moses Mewitt and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Moses Mewitt, born in 1819 in Willingdon, Sussex, consisted of 7 members. Moses was the head of the household, married to Mary A Mewitt, born in 1848 in Chiddingly, Sussex, England. They had 4 children; Mary (born 1873 in Chiddingly, Sussex, England), Edith (born 1877 in Willingdon, Sussex, England), Bertha (born 1879 in Willingdon, Sussex, England) and Florence (born 1881 in Willingdon, Sussex, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Moses's Lodger, Jesse Smith, born in 1814 in Lamberhurst, Kent, England.


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Moses Mewitt's household

Male

Moses

Mewitt

Head
Female

Mary A

Mewitt

Wife
Female

Mary

Guy

Daughter
Female

Edith

Guy

Daughter
Female

Bertha

Mewitt

Daughter
Female

Florence

Mewitt

Daughter
Male

Jesse

Smith

Lodger
First name(s) Moses
Last name Mewitt
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 62
Birth year 1819
Birth place Willingdon, Sussex, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Moses

Mewitt

Head

Married

62

1819

Willingdon, Sussex, England

Mary A

Mewitt

Wife

Married

33

1848

Chiddingly, Sussex, England

Mary

Guy

Daughter

Single

8

1873

Chiddingly, Sussex, England

Edith

Guy

Daughter

Single

4

1877

Willingdon, Sussex, England

Bertha

Mewitt

Daughter

Single

2

1879

Willingdon, Sussex, England

Florence

Mewitt

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Willingdon, Sussex, England

Jesse

Smith

Lodger

Widower

67

1814

Lamberhurst, Kent, England

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