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Household of Thomas Wilkes (born 1848, Staffordshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, 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 Wilkes and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Thomas Wilkes, born in 1848 in Barton, Staffordshire, consisted of 8 members. Thomas was the head of the household, married to Emma Wilkes, born in 1849 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England. They had 3 children; Nellie (born 1877 in Burton, Staffordshire, England), Ernest J (born 1879 in Burton, Staffordshire, England) and Archibald T (born 1880 in Burton, Staffordshire, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Thomas's Sister In Law, Edith A (born 1868 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England), Thomas's Boarder, William H (born 1860 in Burton, Staffordshire, England) and Thomas's Boarder, John (born 1861 in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England).


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Thomas Wilkes's household

Male

Thomas

Wilkes

Head
Female

Emma

Wilkes

Wife
Female

Nellie

Wilkes

Daughter
Male

Ernest J

Wilkes

Son
Male

Archibald T

Wilkes

Son
Female

Edith A

Dean

Sister In Law
Male

William H

Stone

Boarder
Male

John

Horobin

Boarder
First name(s) Thomas
Last name Wilkes
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 33
Birth year 1848
Birth place Barton, Staffordshire, England

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Thomas

Wilkes

Head

Married

33

1848

Barton, Staffordshire, England

Emma

Wilkes

Wife

Married

32

1849

Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

Nellie

Wilkes

Daughter

Single

4

1877

Burton, Staffordshire, England

Ernest J

Wilkes

Son

Single

2

1879

Burton, Staffordshire, England

Archibald T

Wilkes

Son

Single

1

1880

Burton, Staffordshire, England

Edith A

Dean

Sister In Law

Single

13

1868

Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

William H

Stone

Boarder

Single

21

1860

Burton, Staffordshire, England

John

Horobin

Boarder

Single

20

1861

Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England

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