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Household of Thomas Backway (born 1833, Devon)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Bideford, 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.

Thomas Backway and 5 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Backway, born in 1833 in Bideford, Devon, consisted of 6 members. Thomas was the head of the household, widower. He had 5 children; Mary A (born 1861 in Bideford, Devon, England), Faith (born 1863 in Bideford, Devon, England), Elizabeth (born 1864 in Bideford, Devon, England), John (born 1869 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England) and Thomas (born 1872 in Bideford, Devon, England).


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Thomas Backway's household

Male

Thomas

Backway

Head
Female

Mary A

Backway

Daughter
Female

Faith

Backway

Daughter
Female

Elizabeth

Backway

Daughter
Male

John

Backway

Son
Male

Thomas

Backway

Son
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Backway
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Age 48
Birth year 1833
Birth place Bideford, Devon, England

Household members (6 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Backway

Head

Widower

48

1833

Bideford, Devon, England

Mary A

Backway

Daughter

Single

20

1861

Bideford, Devon, England

Faith

Backway

Daughter

Single

18

1863

Bideford, Devon, England

Elizabeth

Backway

Daughter

Single

17

1864

Bideford, Devon, England

John

Backway

Son

Single

12

1869

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England

Thomas

Backway

Son

Single

9

1872

Bideford, Devon, England

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