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Household of Thomas Coates (born 1842, Northumberland)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Gateshead, Durham, 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 Coates and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Coates, born in 1842 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, consisted of 9 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Mary J Coates, born in 1843 in Quarrington Hill, Durham, England. They had 6 children; Emily T (born 1870 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England), Alfred T (born 1872 in Gateshead, Durham, England), George H (born 1874 in Gateshead, Durham, England), Edith D (born 1877 in Gateshead, Durham, England), Ethel K (born 1877 in Gateshead, Durham, England) and Gertrude A (born 1878 in Gateshead, Durham, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Servant, Martha Porteus, born in 1865 in Gateshead, Durham, England.


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Thomas Coates's household

Male

Thomas

Coates

Head
Female

Mary J

Coates

Wife
Female

Emily T

Coates

Daughter
Male

Alfred T

Coates

Son
Male

George H

Coates

Son
Female

Edith D

Coates

Daughter
Female

Ethel K

Coates

Daughter
Female

Gertrude A

Coates

Daughter
Female

Martha

Porteus

Servant
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Coates
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 39
Birth year 1842
Birth place Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Coates

Head

Married

39

1842

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Mary J

Coates

Wife

Married

38

1843

Quarrington Hill, Durham, England

Emily T

Coates

Daughter

Single

11

1870

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England

Alfred T

Coates

Son

Single

9

1872

Gateshead, Durham, England

George H

Coates

Son

Single

7

1874

Gateshead, Durham, England

Edith D

Coates

Daughter

Single

4

1877

Gateshead, Durham, England

Ethel K

Coates

Daughter

Single

4

1877

Gateshead, Durham, England

Gertrude A

Coates

Daughter

Single

3

1878

Gateshead, Durham, England

Martha

Porteus

Servant

Single

16

1865

Gateshead, Durham, England

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