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Household of Samuel Posgate Knowles (born 1813, Kent)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Newton Abbot, 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.

Samuel Posgate Knowles and 3 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Samuel Posgate Knowles, born in 1813 in Dipford, Kent, consisted of 4 members. Samuel Posgate was the head of the household, married to Prudence Bastard Knowles, born in 1811 in Modbury, Devon, England. They had 1 child; Emma, born 1844 in Surrey, England.
During the period, also present in the household was Samuel Posgate's Servant, Francis Jane Conley, born in 1856 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England.


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Samuel Posgate Knowles's household

Male

Samuel Posgate

Knowles

Head
Female

Prudence Bastard

Knowles

Wife
Female

Emma

Knowles

Daughter
Female

Francis Jane

Conley

Servant
First name(s) Samuel Posgate
Last name Knowles
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 68
Birth year 1813
Birth place Dipford, Kent, England

Household members (4 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Samuel Posgate

Knowles

Head

Married

68

1813

Dipford, Kent, England

Prudence Bastard

Knowles

Wife

Married

70

1811

Modbury, Devon, England

Emma

Knowles

Daughter

Single

37

1844

Surrey, England

Francis Jane

Conley

Servant

Single

25

1856

Newton Abbot, Devon, England

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