Elijah Cann in Worcestershire in the 1881 Census

Details of Elijah Cann of Mill Street, Worcester St Peter, Worcestershire, England

First name(s): Elijah
Last name: Cann
Relationship: Head
Marital status: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Birth year: 1834
Occupation: Glover Staker
Birth town: Worcester
Birth county: Worcestershire
Birth place: England
Street: Mill Street
Town: —
Parish: Worcester St Peter
County: Worcestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Worcester

Other household members

First name(s)	Last name	Relationship	Marital status	Gender	Age	Birth year	Occupation	Birth place
First name(s) Margaram	Last name Cann	Relationship Wife	Marital status Married	Gender Female	Age 31	Birth year 1850	Occupation -	Birth place Worcester, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) James	Last name Jordan	Relationship Son In Law	Marital status Married	Gender Male	Age 25	Birth year 1856	Occupation China Painter	Birth place Worcester, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) Amelia F	Last name Jordan	Relationship Daughter	Marital status Married	Gender Female	Age 19	Birth year 1862	Occupation China Painter	Birth place Worcester, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) Eliza	Last name Cann	Relationship Son	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 8	Birth year 1873	Occupation Scholar	Birth place Worcester, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) Edith	Last name Cann	Relationship Daughter	Marital status Single	Gender Female	Age 4	Birth year 1877	Occupation Infant	Birth place Worcester, Worcestershire, England
First name(s) Frederick A	Last name Cann	Relationship Son	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 0	Birth year 1881	Occupation Infant	Birth place Worcester, 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 Cann family
in this 1881 Census record

Includes Elijah Cann and 6 other people

Cann family summary

NAME: Elijah Cann
BORN: 1834
BIRTH COUNTY: Worcestershire
ADDRESS IN 1881: Worcester St Peter, Worcestershire, England