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Household of Thomas Cawthorn (born 1814, Yorkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Pontefract, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), 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 Cawthorn and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Cawthorn, born in 1814 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, consisted of 8 members. Thomas was the head of the household, widower. He had 2 children; I Thomas (born 1862 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England) and Margaret (born 1847 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England). He had 4 grandchildren; I William (born 1865 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England), Albert Edward (born 1876 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England), Hannah (born 1878 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England) and Joseph (born 1880 in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Son In Law, Robert Askam Blackburn, born in 1853 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.


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Thomas Cawthorn's household

Male

Thomas

Cawthorn

Head
Male

I Thomas

Cawthorn

Son
Male

I William

Cawthorn

Grand Son
Male

Robert Askam

Blackburn

Son In Law
Female

Margaret

Blackburn

Daughter
Male

Albert Edward

Blackburn

Grand Son
Female

Hannah

Blackburn

Grand Daughter
Male

Joseph

Blackburn

Grand Son
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Cawthorn
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Age 67
Birth year 1814
Birth place Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Cawthorn

Head

Widower

67

1814

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

I Thomas

Cawthorn

Son

Single

19

1862

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

I William

Cawthorn

Grand Son

Single

16

1865

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Robert Askam

Blackburn

Son In Law

Married

28

1853

Hull, Yorkshire, England

Margaret

Blackburn

Daughter

Married

34

1847

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Albert Edward

Blackburn

Grand Son

Single

5

1876

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Hannah

Blackburn

Grand Daughter

Single

3

1878

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

Joseph

Blackburn

Grand Son

Single

1

1880

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England

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