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Household of Rhoda Downing (born 1819, Staffordshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Wolstanton, Staffordshire, 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.

Rhoda Downing and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Rhoda Downing, born in 1819 in Chesterton, Staffordshire, consisted of 8 members. Rhoda was the head of the household, widow. She had 5 children; William (born 1847 in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England), George (born 1857 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England), Mary (born 1860 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England), Sarah (born 1863 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England) and Eliza (born 1852 in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England). She had 1 grandchild; John, born 1881 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England.
During the period, also present in the household was Rhoda's Son In Law, Samuel Eardley, born in 1852 in Burslem, Staffordshire, England.


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Rhoda Downing's household

Female

Rhoda

Downing

Head
Male

William

Downing

Son
Male

George

Downing

Son
Female

Mary

Downing

Daughter
Female

Sarah

Downing

Daughter
Male

Samuel

Eardley

Son In Law
Female

Eliza

Eardley

Daughter
Male

John

Eardley

Grand Son
First name(s) Rhoda
Last name Downing
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 62
Birth year 1819
Birth place Chesterton, Staffordshire, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Rhoda

Downing

Head

Widow

62

1819

Chesterton, Staffordshire, England

William

Downing

Son

Single

34

1847

Chesterton, Staffordshire, England

George

Downing

Son

Single

24

1857

Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Mary

Downing

Daughter

Single

21

1860

Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Sarah

Downing

Daughter

Single

18

1863

Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Samuel

Eardley

Son In Law

Married

29

1852

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Eliza

Eardley

Daughter

Married

29

1852

Chesterton, Staffordshire, England

John

Eardley

Grand Son

Single

0

1881

Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

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