Annie Bissell in Worcestershire in the 1881 Census

Details of Annie Bissell of Wood Street, Wollaston, Worcestershire, England

First name(s): Annie
Last name: Bissell
Relationship: Head
Marital status: Widow
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Birth year: 1838
Occupation: —
Birth town: Edgbaston
Birth county: Warwickshire
Birth place: England
Street: Wood Street
Town: —
Parish: Wollaston
County: Worcestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Stourbridge

Other household members

First name(s)	Last name	Relationship	Marital status	Gender	Age	Birth year	Occupation	Birth place
First name(s) Tom	Last name Bissell	Relationship Son	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 11	Birth year 1870	Occupation Scholar	Birth place Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) Blanche A	Last name Bissell	Relationship Daughter	Marital status Single	Gender Female	Age 10	Birth year 1871	Occupation Scholar	Birth place Hunnington, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) Alice	Last name Skelding	Relationship Servant	Marital status Single	Gender Female	Age 15	Birth year 1866	Occupation General Servant Domestic	Birth place Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England

About the 1881 England Wales and Scotland Census

When the 1881 census was taken on April 3rd, the total population of England, Wales and Scotland was recorded as 29,707,207. The First Boer War ended only weeks before the 1881 census.

As with any historical research, the golden rule of family history is to check the original record, or "primary source", wherever possible. We have provided clear images of the original census enumeration books for you to view once you've found the right family in the indexes.

When using census returns, once you have located your ancestor in the census, you should then view the original images to validate your findings. The image of the original document will also help you see the household in the context of surrounding households as all the information will be provided in one clear place, as it was originally written down.

The original documents would have been given to your ancestor several days before 3 April, and the head of household would have been asked to fill in the details for anyone who would have been residing at that address on the census date. If the head of the household was unable to read or write, the enumerator - a literate person who would be collecting the census forms - would help fill in the details. Because of this, however, you may note mistakes that were made, such as name spellings. It should also be noted that many people were often economical with the truth when it came to their ages.

Note: the census includes details of people resident in docked vessels and institutions such as prisons, workhouses, hospitals, and barracks, as well as individual households.

See the whole Bissell family
in this 1881 Census record

Includes Annie Bissell and 3 other people

Bissell family summary

NAME: Annie Bissell
BORN: 1838
BIRTH COUNTY: Warwickshire
ADDRESS IN 1881: Wollaston, Worcestershire, England