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1881 census

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lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 26 Mar 2021 15:05

Please could someone tell me who was living at this address in 1881

Oak Cottage Walsden (Todmorden & Walsden)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Mar 2021 15:08

Oak Cottage 1

James Heyworth Head Married Male 53 1828 Stone Mason Walsden, Lancashire, England
Sarah Heyworth Wife Married Female 49 1832 - Walsden, Lancashire, England
John Heyworth Son Single Male 18 1863 Stone Mason Walsden, Lancashire, England
Mary Heyworth Daughter Single Female 16 1865 Dress Maker Yorkshire, England
Mary Lord Mother In Law Widow Female 81 1800 Gentlewoman Yorkshire, England


Oak Cottage 2
John Walton Head Widower Male 45 1836 Picker Maker Walsden, Yorkshire, England
Ann Walton Daughter Single Female 14 1867 Housekeeper Walsden, Yorkshire, England
William Walton Son Single Male 11 1870 Scholar Walsden, Yorkshire, England
Jane Walton Daughter Single Female 9 1872 Scholar Walsden, Yorkshire, England

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 26 Mar 2021 15:30

Thanks Erica

I was hoping it was still Malley West. She died on 20-3-1883 aged 71 so should be on the census somewhere

Also can't find Thomas West who in 1871 & 1891 was at 74 Manchester Road Castleton but can't find him in 1881

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Mar 2021 16:04

if this is malley listed as molly on fmp
but not in 1881 on fmp or ancestry
Name: Malley Barker
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: 1811
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Where born: Handley Yorkshire England
Civil parish: Todmorden and Walsden
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Walsden
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Todmorden
Sub-registration district: Todmorden
ED, institution, or vessel: 26a
Household schedule number: 200
Piece: 4329
Folio: 96
Page number: 3
Household Members Age Relationship
Edmund Barker
60 Head
Malley Barker 60 Wife
Ann Barker
19 Daughter

parents

Butcher Hill, Rochdale, Todmorden, Lancashire, England
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
Joshua West Male 65 1776 -
Mary West Female 55 1786 -
Thomas West Male 25 1816 -
John West Male 20 1821 -
Ann West Female 15 1826 -
Sarah West Female 15 1826 -
Susan West Female 14 1827 -
Grace West Female 14 1827

and the thomas you refer to is it the thomas in the census

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Mar 2021 16:09

According to the OP, she would have been about 70 in 1881

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 26 Mar 2021 16:12

Transcribed as Mattie - and indeed written as Mattie:

Mattie Barker
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Mattie Barker
Age: 69
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Relationship to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Habergham Eaves
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 18 Crowther St
Marital status: Widow
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Housekeeper
Registration District: Burnley
ED, institution, or vessel: 28b
Neighbors:
Piece: 4150
Folio: 166
Page Number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Mattie Barker 69
Ann Barker 29



Edmund Barker
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Edmund Barker
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 68
Registration District: Todmorden
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9a
Page: 178

Maddie

Maddie Report 26 Mar 2021 16:13

in the 1881 England Census


Name: Thomas West
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Sarah West
Gender: Male
Where born: Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Castleton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 72 Manchester Rd
Marital status: Married
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Cotton Mill Manager
Registration District: Rochdale
Sub registration district: Castleton Nearer
ED, institution, or vessel: 6a
Neighbors:
Piece: 4106
Folio: 9
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas West 56
Sarah West 54

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 26 Mar 2021 16:27

Thank you all.

That fills in my census gaps nicely. I would never have thought of Mattie!!

I have got everything else in the main on the family. Just trying to fill in the odd gaps.

The problem with searching is that sometimes it is Lancashire , sometimes Yorkshire and their ages vary from census to census even though i have a lot of their actual birth dates from the baptism records