Skip to content Ebenezer Greetham in Lincolnshire in the 1881 Census Details of Ebenezer Greetham of 19 North Street, Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England First name(s)
Ebenezer
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Head
Marital status
Married
Gender
Male
Age
43
Birth year
1838
Occupation
Game Keeper
Birth town
Swarby
Birth county
Lincolnshire
Birth place
England
Street
19 North Street
Town
—
Parish
Osbournby
County
Lincolnshire
Country
England
Registration district
Sleaford
Other household members First name(s)
Last name
Relationship
Marital status
Gender
Age
Birth year
Occupation
Birth place
First name(s)
Mary A
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Wife
Marital status
Married
Gender
Female
Age
37
Birth year
1844
Occupation
-
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
Ellen
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Daughter
Marital status
Single
Gender
Female
Age
11
Birth year
1870
Occupation
Scholar
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
William
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Son
Marital status
Single
Gender
Male
Age
9
Birth year
1872
Occupation
Scholar
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
Holvey E
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Son
Marital status
Single
Gender
Male
Age
7
Birth year
1874
Occupation
Scholar
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
Sarah J
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Daughter
Marital status
Single
Gender
Female
Age
6
Birth year
1875
Occupation
Scholar
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
Louisa
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Daughter
Marital status
Single
Gender
Female
Age
4
Birth year
1877
Occupation
Scholar
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
John Wm
Last name
Greetham
Relationship
Son
Marital status
Single
Gender
Male
Age
1
Birth year
1880
Occupation
-
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
First name(s)
William
Last name
Handley
Relationship
Lodger
Marital status
Widower
Gender
Male
Age
70
Birth year
1811
Occupation
Shoemaker
Birth place
Osbournby, Lincolnshire, 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 Greetham family in this 1881 Census record Includes Ebenezer Greetham and 8 other people Greetham family summary Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
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