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Household of Thomas Samples (born 1842, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Ormskirk, 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 Samples and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Samples, born in 1842 in Lathom, Lancashire, consisted of 10 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Mary Samples, born in 1846 in Lathom, Lancashire, England. They had 3 children; Margaret (born 1876 in Lathom, Lancashire, England), Richard (born 1877 in Lathom, Lancashire, England) and Alice (born 1880 in Lathom, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Mother, Alice (born 1814 in Lancashire, England), Thomas's Servant, Thomas (born 1847 in Walton, Lancashire, England), Thomas's Servant, Arthur (born 1863 in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England), Thomas's Servant, John (born 1867 in Lathom, Lancashire, England) and Thomas's Servant, Martha (born 1863 in Lathom, Lancashire, England).


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Thomas Samples's household

Male

Thomas

Samples

Head
Female

Mary

Samples

Wife
Female

Margaret

Samples

Daughter
Male

Richard

Samples

Son
Female

Alice

Samples

Daughter
Female

Alice

Samples

Mother
Male

Thomas

Prescott

Servant
Male

Arthur

Tummey

Servant
Male

John

Halton

Servant
Female

Martha

Oxendale

Servant
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Samples
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 39
Birth year 1842
Birth place Lathom, Lancashire, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Samples

Head

Married

39

1842

Lathom, Lancashire, England

Mary

Samples

Wife

Married

35

1846

Lathom, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Samples

Daughter

Single

5

1876

Lathom, Lancashire, England

Richard

Samples

Son

Single

4

1877

Lathom, Lancashire, England

Alice

Samples

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Lathom, Lancashire, England

Alice

Samples

Mother

Single

67

1814

Lancashire, England

Thomas

Prescott

Servant

Single

34

1847

Walton, Lancashire, England

Arthur

Tummey

Servant

Single

18

1863

Madresfield, Worcestershire, England

John

Halton

Servant

Single

14

1867

Lathom, Lancashire, England

Martha

Oxendale

Servant

Single

18

1863

Lathom, Lancashire, England

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