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Household of Richard Nicholson (born 1849, Yorkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Houghton Le Spring, Durham, 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.

Richard Nicholson and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Richard Nicholson, born in 1849 in Hale, Yorkshire, consisted of 8 members. Richard was the head of the household, married to Anne Nicholson, born in 1852 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. They had 5 children; Richard (born 1872 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England), Mary A (born 1874 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England), Isabella (born 1876 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England), Robert H (born 1878 in Easington Lane, Durham, England) and James (born 1880 in Easington Lane, Durham, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Richard's Boarder, James Hills, born in 1863 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England.


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Richard Nicholson's household

Male

Richard

Nicholson

Head
Female

Anne

Nicholson

Wife
Male

Richard

Nicholson

Son
Female

Mary A

Nicholson

Daughter
Female

Isabella

Nicholson

Daughter
Male

Robert H

Nicholson

Son
Male

James

Nicholson

Son
Male

James

Hills

Boarder
First name(s) Richard
Last name Nicholson
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 32
Birth year 1849
Birth place Hale, Yorkshire, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Richard

Nicholson

Head

Married

32

1849

Hale, Yorkshire, England

Anne

Nicholson

Wife

Married

29

1852

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Richard

Nicholson

Son

Single

9

1872

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Mary A

Nicholson

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Isabella

Nicholson

Daughter

Single

5

1876

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Robert H

Nicholson

Son

Single

3

1878

Easington Lane, Durham, England

James

Nicholson

Son

Single

1

1880

Easington Lane, Durham, England

James

Hills

Boarder

Single

18

1863

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

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