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Household of Thomas Spinks (born 1850, Warwickshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Birmingham, Warwickshire, 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 Spinks and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Spinks, born in 1850 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, consisted of 10 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Ellen Jane Spinks, born in 1850 in Ireland. They had 2 children; Robert Richard (born 1872 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England) and Emma Jane (born 1880 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Father, Richard (born 1820 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), Thomas's Mother In Law, Jane (born 1819 in Ireland), Thomas's Niece, Eliza Jane (born 1874 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), Thomas's Boarder, Justin (born 1860 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England), Thomas's Boarder, Annie (born 1859 in Erdington, Warwickshire, England) and Thomas's Boarder, Margaret (born 1862 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England).


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Thomas Spinks's household

Male

Thomas

Spinks

Head
Female

Ellen Jane

Spinks

Wife
Male

Robert Richard

Spinks

Son
Female

Emma Jane

Spinks

Daughter
Male

Richard

Spinks

Father
Female

Jane

Birk

Mother In Law
Female

Eliza Jane

Birk

Niece
Female

Justin

McGaskin

Boarder
Female

Annie

Sweeney

Boarder
Female

Margaret

Sweeney

Boarder
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Spinks
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 31
Birth year 1850
Birth place Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Spinks

Head

Married

31

1850

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Ellen Jane

Spinks

Wife

Married

31

1850

Ireland

Robert Richard

Spinks

Son

Single

9

1872

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Emma Jane

Spinks

Daughter

Single

1

1880

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Richard

Spinks

Father

Widower

61

1820

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Jane

Birk

Mother In Law

Widow

62

1819

Ireland

Eliza Jane

Birk

Niece

Single

7

1874

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Justin

McGaskin

Boarder

Single

21

1860

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Annie

Sweeney

Boarder

Single

22

1859

Erdington, Warwickshire, England

Margaret

Sweeney

Boarder

Single

19

1862

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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