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Household of Silas Nance (born 1816, Cornwall)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Poplar, London,Middlesex, 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.

Silas Nance and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Silas Nance, born in 1816 in Padstow, Cornwall, consisted of 9 members. Silas was the head of the household, married to Mary Nance, born in 1807 in Devon, England. They had 2 children; Susan (born 1838 in Devon, England) and Rhoda (born 1840 in Devon, England). They had 3 grandchildren; John T P (born 1864 in Poplar, Middlesex, England), Edith M (born 1870 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England) and Ernest F W (born 1875 in Poplar, Middlesex, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Silas's Boarder, Charles (born 1836 in -) and Silas's Boarder, Elizabeth (born 1855 in West Ham, Essex, England).


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Silas Nance's household

Male

Silas

Nance

Head
Female

Mary

Nance

Wife
Female

Susan

Williams

Daughter
Female

Rhoda

Robinson

Daughter
Male

John T P

Nance

Grand Son
Female

Edith M

Williams

Grand Daughter
Male

Ernest F W

Robinson

Grand Son
Male

Charles

Thipthorpe

Boarder
Female

Elizabeth

Brooks

Boarder
First name(s) Silas
Last name Nance
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 65
Birth year 1816
Birth place Padstow, Cornwall, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Silas

Nance

Head

Married

65

1816

Padstow, Cornwall, England

Mary

Nance

Wife

Married

74

1807

Devon, England

Susan

Williams

Daughter

Widow

43

1838

Devon, England

Rhoda

Robinson

Daughter

Married

41

1840

Devon, England

John T P

Nance

Grand Son

Single

17

1864

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Edith M

Williams

Grand Daughter

Single

11

1870

Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Ernest F W

Robinson

Grand Son

Single

6

1875

Poplar, Middlesex, England

Charles

Thipthorpe

Boarder

Single

45

1836

-

Elizabeth

Brooks

Boarder

Single

26

1855

West Ham, Essex, England

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