Skip to content
  • Start free trial
An original census record

Start a free trial to view

Get access to the original record, as well as a map showing the local area at the time

Household of Thomas Meadows (born 1817, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Wigan, Lancashire, England

More informationkeyboard_arrow_down

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 Meadows and 7 other people are on this record

More informationkeyboard_arrow_down

In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Meadows, born in 1817 in Wigan, Lancashire, consisted of 8 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Margaret Meadows, born in 1820 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England. They had 3 children; Margaret (born 1859 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England), Ellen (born 1861 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England) and Elizabeth (born 1864 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England). They had 2 grandchildren; Thomas (born 1881 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England) and Henry (born 1881 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Son In Law, James King, born in 1861 in Pemberton, Lancashire, England.


Get access to the original record, as well as a map showing the local area at the time

Thomas Meadows's household

Male

Thomas

Meadows

Head
Female

Margaret

Meadows

Wife
Female

Margaret

Meadows

Daughter
Female

Ellen

King

Daughter
Male

James

King

Son In Law
Female

Elizabeth

Meadows

Daughter
Male

Thomas

King

Grand Son
Male

Henry

Meadows

Grand Son
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Meadows
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 64
Birth year 1817
Birth place Wigan, Lancashire, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Meadows

Head

Married

64

1817

Wigan, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Meadows

Wife

Married

61

1820

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Meadows

Daughter

Single

22

1859

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

Ellen

King

Daughter

Married

20

1861

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

James

King

Son In Law

Married

20

1861

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth

Meadows

Daughter

Single

17

1864

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

Thomas

King

Grand Son

Single

0

1881

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

Henry

Meadows

Grand Son

Single

0

1881

Pemberton, Lancashire, England

Explore Findmypast's newspaper collections

Explore the 1881 Census and millions of historical records for free with Findmypast. Find out more about the household of Thomas Meadows in Wigan in 1881, and follow the Meadows family through time in other national records, newspapers and more.

We've found family trees for Thomas Meadows

We’ve found Thomas Meadows in 135 family trees. Find out more about Thomas Meadows' household and view the Meadows family in family trees created by Findmypast members.

Not who you're looking for?

Other households on nearby pages of the 1881 Census