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Household of Thomas Chant (born 1848, Somerset)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales

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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 Chant and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Chant, born in 1848 in Somerset, consisted of 7 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Mary Chant, born in 1857 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales. They had 1 child; Mary A, born 1879 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales.
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Boarder, Michael (born 1847 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales), Thomas's Boarder Wife, Mary (born 1859 in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales), Thomas's Boarder Daughter, Ellen (born 1881 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales) and Thomas's Boarder, Elizabeth (born 1810 in Cork, Cork, Ireland).


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Thomas Chant's household

Male

Thomas

Chant

Head
Female

Mary

Chant

Wife
Female

Mary A

Chant

Daughter
Male

Michael

O Connell

Boarder
Female

Mary

O'Connell

Boarder Wife
Female

Ellen

O'Connell

Boarder Daughter
Female

Elizabeth

Ellard

Boarder
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Chant
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 33
Birth year 1848
Birth place Somerset, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Chant

Head

Married

33

1848

Somerset, England

Mary

Chant

Wife

Married

24

1857

Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales

Mary A

Chant

Daughter

Single

2

1879

Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales

Michael

O Connell

Boarder

Married

34

1847

Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales

Mary

O'Connell

Boarder Wife

Married

22

1859

Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales

Ellen

O'Connell

Boarder Daughter

Single

0

1881

Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales

Elizabeth

Ellard

Boarder

Widow

71

1810

Cork, Cork, Ireland

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