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Household of Walter James Bearsly (born 1849, Kent)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Gravesend, Kent, 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.

Walter James Bearsly and 9 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Walter James Bearsly, born in 1849 in Goudhurst, Kent, consisted of 10 members. Walter James was the head of the household, married to Annie Bearsly, born in 1854 in Goudhurst, Kent, England. They had 4 children; George William (born 1873 in Goudhurst, Kent, England), Robert Charles (born 1876 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Albert Edward (born 1878 in Gravesend, Kent, England) and Edith (born 1879 in Gravesend, Kent, England).
During the period, also present in the household were Walter James's Lodger, Charles (born 1857 in Gravesend, Kent, England), Walter James's Lodger, Matilda (born 1856 in Newington, Kent, England), Walter James's Lodger, Henry (born 1881 in Gravesend, Kent, England) and Walter James's Lodger, Florence (born 1878 in Gravesend, Kent, England).


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Walter James Bearsly's household

Male

Walter James

Bearsly

Head
Female

Annie

Bearsly

Wife
Male

George William

Bearsly

Son
Male

Robert Charles

Bearsly

Son
Male

Albert Edward

Bearsly

Son
Female

Edith

Bearsly

Daughter
Male

Charles

Fothergill

Lodger
Female

Matilda

Fothergill

Lodger
Male

Henry

Fothergill

Lodger
Female

Florence

Fothergill

Lodger
First name(s) Walter James
Last name Bearsly
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 32
Birth year 1849
Birth place Goudhurst, Kent, England

Household members (10 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Walter James

Bearsly

Head

Married

32

1849

Goudhurst, Kent, England

Annie

Bearsly

Wife

Married

27

1854

Goudhurst, Kent, England

George William

Bearsly

Son

Single

8

1873

Goudhurst, Kent, England

Robert Charles

Bearsly

Son

Single

5

1876

Gravesend, Kent, England

Albert Edward

Bearsly

Son

Single

3

1878

Gravesend, Kent, England

Edith

Bearsly

Daughter

Single

2

1879

Gravesend, Kent, England

Charles

Fothergill

Lodger

Married

24

1857

Gravesend, Kent, England

Matilda

Fothergill

Lodger

Married

25

1856

Newington, Kent, England

Henry

Fothergill

Lodger

Single

0

1881

Gravesend, Kent, England

Florence

Fothergill

Lodger

Single

3

1878

Gravesend, Kent, England

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