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Household of Rebecca Watts (born 1812, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Ashton under Lyne, 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.

Rebecca Watts and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Rebecca Watts, born in 1812 in Manchester, Lancashire, consisted of 7 members. Rebecca was the head of the household, widow. She had 1 child; Kate, born 1857 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England. She had 2 grandchildren; James (born 1866 in Bolton, Lancashire, England) and Earnest (born 1879 in Audenshaw, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Rebecca's Son In Law, Thomas (born 1848 in Bolton, Lancashire, England), Rebecca's Lodger Head, Robert (born 1850 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England) and Rebecca's Lodger, Sarah (born 1856 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England).


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Rebecca Watts's household

Female

Rebecca

Watts

Head
Male

James

Watts

Grand Son
Male

Thomas

Brown

Son In Law
Female

Kate

Brown

Daughter
Male

Earnest

Brown

Grand Son
Male

Robert

Lambert

Lodger Head
Female

Sarah

Lambert

Lodger
First name(s) Rebecca
Last name Watts
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 69
Birth year 1812
Birth place Manchester, Lancashire, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Rebecca

Watts

Head

Widow

69

1812

Manchester, Lancashire, England

James

Watts

Grand Son

Single

15

1866

Bolton, Lancashire, England

Thomas

Brown

Son In Law

Married

33

1848

Bolton, Lancashire, England

Kate

Brown

Daughter

Married

24

1857

Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Earnest

Brown

Grand Son

Single

2

1879

Audenshaw, Lancashire, England

Robert

Lambert

Lodger Head

Married

31

1850

Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Sarah

Lambert

Lodger

Married

25

1856

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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