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Household of Thomas Reader (born 1834, Devon)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Medway, Kent, 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 Reader and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Reader, born in 1834 in Uplyme, Devon, consisted of 8 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Mary A Reader, born in 1835 in Dawlish, Devon, England. They had 5 children; Eliza J (born 1869 in New Brompton, Kent, England), Emily G (born 1870 in New Brompton, Kent, England), Herbert (born 1872 in New Brompton, Kent, England), Alfred (born 1876 in New Brompton, Kent, England) and Thomas (born 1879 in New Brompton, Kent, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Lodger, Thomas Murray, born in 1846 in Ireland.


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Thomas Reader's household

Male

Thomas

Reader

Head
Female

Mary A

Reader

Wife
Female

Eliza J

Reader

Daughter
Female

Emily G

Reader

Daughter
Male

Herbert

Reader

Son
Male

Alfred

Reader

Son
Male

Thomas

Reader

Son
Male

Thomas

Murray

Lodger
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Reader
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 47
Birth year 1834
Birth place Uplyme, Devon, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Reader

Head

Married

47

1834

Uplyme, Devon, England

Mary A

Reader

Wife

Married

46

1835

Dawlish, Devon, England

Eliza J

Reader

Daughter

Single

12

1869

New Brompton, Kent, England

Emily G

Reader

Daughter

Single

11

1870

New Brompton, Kent, England

Herbert

Reader

Son

Single

9

1872

New Brompton, Kent, England

Alfred

Reader

Son

Single

5

1876

New Brompton, Kent, England

Thomas

Reader

Son

Single

2

1879

New Brompton, Kent, England

Thomas

Murray

Lodger

Single

35

1846

Ireland

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