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Household of Thomas Sawyer (born 1815, 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 Sawyer and 8 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Sawyer, born in 1815 in Southport, Lancashire, consisted of 9 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Catherine Sawyer, born in 1825 in Southport, Lancashire, England. They had 5 children; Elizabeth (born 1859 in Southport, Lancashire, England), Alice (born 1862 in Southport, Lancashire, England), James (born 1865 in Southport, Lancashire, England), Catherine E (born 1852 in Southport, Lancashire, England) and Ann (born 1849 in Southport, Lancashire, England). They had 1 grandchild; Kate, born 1877 in Southport, Lancashire, England.
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Son In Law, Thomas Carr, born in 1857 in Southport, Lancashire, England.


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Thomas Sawyer's household

Male

Thomas

Sawyer

Head
Female

Catherine

Sawyer

Wife
Female

Elizabeth

Sawyer

Daughter
Female

Alice

Sawyer

Daughter
Male

James

Sawyer

Son
Female

Catherine E

Rimmer

Daughter
Male

Thomas

Carr

Son In Law
Female

Ann

Carr

Daughter
Female

Kate

Carr

Grand Daughter
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Sawyer
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 66
Birth year 1815
Birth place Southport, Lancashire, England

Household members (9 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Sawyer

Head

Married

66

1815

Southport, Lancashire, England

Catherine

Sawyer

Wife

Married

56

1825

Southport, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth

Sawyer

Daughter

Single

22

1859

Southport, Lancashire, England

Alice

Sawyer

Daughter

Single

19

1862

Southport, Lancashire, England

James

Sawyer

Son

Single

16

1865

Southport, Lancashire, England

Catherine E

Rimmer

Daughter

Married

29

1852

Southport, Lancashire, England

Thomas

Carr

Son In Law

Married

24

1857

Southport, Lancashire, England

Ann

Carr

Daughter

Married

32

1849

Southport, Lancashire, England

Kate

Carr

Grand Daughter

Single

4

1877

Southport, Lancashire, England

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