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Household of Thomas Pennington (born 1834, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Lancaster, Lancashire, 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 Pennington and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Pennington, born in 1834 in Heysham, Lancashire, consisted of 10 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Pennington, born in 1846 in Ellel, Lancashire, England. They had 4 children; Mary Pennington (born 1871 in Forton, Lancashire, England), William (born 1878 in Lancashire, England), Margaret (born 1880 in Lancashire, England) and Jane (born 1881 in Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Mother, Margaret (born 1794 in Lancashire, England), Thomas's Servant, Isabella (born 1862 in Woolton, Lancashire, England), Thomas's Servant, Richard (born 1862 in Lancashire, England) and Thomas's Servant, John (born 1862 in Forton, Lancashire, England).


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Thomas Pennington's household

Male

Thomas

Pennington

Head
Female

Elizabeth

Pennington

Wife
Female

Mary Pennington

Cokson

Daughter
Male

William

Pennington

Son
Female

Margaret

Pennington

Daughter
Female

Jane

Pennington

Daughter
Female

Margaret

Pennington

Mother
Female

Isabella

Potter

Servant
Male

Richard

Alston

Servant
Male

John

Cokson

Servant
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Pennington
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 47
Birth year 1834
Birth place Heysham, Lancashire, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Pennington

Head

Married

47

1834

Heysham, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth

Pennington

Wife

Married

35

1846

Ellel, Lancashire, England

Mary Pennington

Cokson

Daughter

Single

10

1871

Forton, Lancashire, England

William

Pennington

Son

Single

3

1878

Lancashire, England

Margaret

Pennington

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Lancashire, England

Jane

Pennington

Daughter

Single

0

1881

Lancashire, England

Margaret

Pennington

Mother

Widow

87

1794

Lancashire, England

Isabella

Potter

Servant

Single

19

1862

Woolton, Lancashire, England

Richard

Alston

Servant

Single

19

1862

Lancashire, England

John

Cokson

Servant

Single

19

1862

Forton, Lancashire, England

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