Skip to content John Hartshorne in London, Middlesex in the 1881 Census Details of John Hartshorne of 53 Underwood Street, Mile End New Town, London, Middlesex, England First name(s)
John
Last name
Hartshorne
Relationship
Head
Marital status
Married
Gender
Male
Age
39
Birth year
1842
Occupation
Labourer
Birth town
Spitalfields
Birth county
Middlesex
Birth place
England
Street
53 Underwood Street
Town
—
Parish
Mile End New Town
County
London, Middlesex
Country
England
Registration district
Whitechapel
Other household members First name(s)
Last name
Relationship
Marital status
Gender
Age
Birth year
Occupation
Birth place
First name(s)
Mary Ann
Last name
Hartshorne
Relationship
Wife
Marital status
Married
Gender
Female
Age
38
Birth year
1843
Occupation
-
Birth place
Spitalfields, Middlesex, England
First name(s)
Maria E
Last name
Barrett
Relationship
Daughter
Marital status
Single
Gender
Female
Age
16
Birth year
1865
Occupation
Stripper (Tobo)
Birth place
Spitalfields, Middlesex, England
First name(s)
Mary Ann
Last name
Barrett
Relationship
Daughter
Marital status
Single
Gender
Female
Age
13
Birth year
1868
Occupation
-
Birth place
Spitalfields, Middlesex, 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 Hartshorne family in this 1881 Census record Includes John Hartshorne and 3 other people Hartshorne family summary Mile End New Town, London, Middlesex, England
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