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Household of Sampson Nicholls (born 1847, Cornwall)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Barnstaple, Devon, 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.

Sampson Nicholls and 4 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Sampson Nicholls, born in 1847 in Manaccan, Cornwall, consisted of 5 members. Sampson was the head of the household, married to Sarah Louisa Nicholls, born in 1854 in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales. They had 2 children; Ralph Donague (born 1879 in Faringdon, Berkshire, England) and Ruth Hilda (born 1881 in Barnstaple, Devon, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Sampson's Servant, Louisa Pickard, born in 1857 in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.


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Sampson Nicholls's household

Male

Sampson

Nicholls

Head
Female

Sarah Louisa

Nicholls

Wife
Male

Ralph Donague

Nicholls

Son
Female

Ruth Hilda

Nicholls

Daughter
Female

Louisa

Pickard

Servant
First name(s) Sampson
Last name Nicholls
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 34
Birth year 1847
Birth place Manaccan, Cornwall, England

Household members (5 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Sampson

Nicholls

Head

Married

34

1847

Manaccan, Cornwall, England

Sarah Louisa

Nicholls

Wife

Married

27

1854

Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales

Ralph Donague

Nicholls

Son

Single

2

1879

Faringdon, Berkshire, England

Ruth Hilda

Nicholls

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Barnstaple, Devon, England

Louisa

Pickard

Servant

Single

24

1857

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales

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