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Household of Thomas Root (born 1851, Surrey)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Lambeth, London,Surrey, 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 Root and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Root, born in 1851 in Lambeth, Surrey, consisted of 9 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Mary A Junr Root, born in 1852 in Kent, England. They had 5 children; Emma L (born 1872 in Lambeth, Surrey, England), Edith A (born 1874 in Lambeth, Surrey, England), Alice (born 1876 in Middlesex, England), Beatrice M (born 1879 in Norwood, Surrey, England) and Earnest (born 1881 in Lambeth, Surrey, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Mother, Mary A Senr (born 1815 in Canterbury, Kent, England) and Thomas's Cousin, George (born 1865 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England).


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Thomas Root's household

Male

Thomas

Root

Head
Female

Mary A Junr

Root

Wife
Female

Mary A Senr

Root

Mother
Male

George

Simmons

Cousin
Female

Emma L

Root

Daughter
Female

Edith A

Root

Daughter
Female

Alice

Root

Daughter
Female

Beatrice M

Root

Daughter
Male

Earnest

Root

Son
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Root
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 30
Birth year 1851
Birth place Lambeth, Surrey, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Root

Head

Married

30

1851

Lambeth, Surrey, England

Mary A Junr

Root

Wife

Married

29

1852

Kent, England

Mary A Senr

Root

Mother

Widow

66

1815

Canterbury, Kent, England

George

Simmons

Cousin

Single

16

1865

Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Emma L

Root

Daughter

Single

9

1872

Lambeth, Surrey, England

Edith A

Root

Daughter

Single

7

1874

Lambeth, Surrey, England

Alice

Root

Daughter

Single

5

1876

Middlesex, England

Beatrice M

Root

Daughter

Single

2

1879

Norwood, Surrey, England

Earnest

Root

Son

Single

0

1881

Lambeth, Surrey, England

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