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Household of Thomas Wait (born 1847, Lancashire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Manchester, 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 Wait and 6 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Wait, born in 1847 in Manchester, Lancashire, consisted of 7 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Margaret Wait, born in 1850 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. They had 4 children; Joseph H (born 1870 in Manchester, Lancashire, England), Elizabeth A (born 1873 in Manchester, Lancashire, England), James (born 1876 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) and Samuel P (born 1879 in Manchester, Lancashire, England).
During the period, also present in the household was Thomas's Mother In Law, Dorothy Green, born in 1816 in Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England.


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Thomas Wait's household

Male

Thomas

Wait

Head
Female

Margaret

Wait

Wife
Male

Joseph H

Wait

Son
Female

Elizabeth A

Wait

Daughter
Male

James

Wait

Son
Male

Samuel P

Wait

Son
Female

Dorothy

Green

Mother In Law
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Wait
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 34
Birth year 1847
Birth place Manchester, Lancashire, England

Household members (7 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Wait

Head

Married

34

1847

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Margaret

Wait

Wife

Married

31

1850

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Joseph H

Wait

Son

Single

11

1870

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Elizabeth A

Wait

Daughter

Single

8

1873

Manchester, Lancashire, England

James

Wait

Son

Single

5

1876

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Samuel P

Wait

Son

Single

2

1879

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Dorothy

Green

Mother In Law

Widow

65

1816

Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, England

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