Margaret Sullivan in Glamorganshire in the 1881 Census

Details of Margaret Sullivan of 18 Pendoylan Street, Cardiff St Mary, Glamorganshire, Wales

First name(s): Margaret
Last name: Sullivan
Relationship: Wife
Marital status: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Birth year: 1844
Occupation: Labourer Wife
Birth town: —
Birth county: —
Birth place: Ireland
Street: 18 Pendoylan Street
Town: —
Parish: Cardiff St Mary
County: Glamorganshire
Country: Wales
Registration district: Cardiff

Other household members

First name(s)	Last name	Relationship	Marital status	Gender	Age	Birth year	Occupation	Birth place
First name(s) John	Last name Sullivan	Relationship Head	Marital status Married	Gender Male	Age 37	Birth year 1844	Occupation Labourer	Birth place Ireland
First name(s) Mary Ann	Last name Sullivan	Relationship Daughter	Marital status Single	Gender Female	Age 16	Birth year 1865	Occupation Labourer Daur	Birth place Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
First name(s) William	Last name Sullivan	Relationship Son	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 6	Birth year 1875	Occupation Scholar	Birth place Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
First name(s) Catherine	Last name Sullivan	Relationship Daughter	Marital status Single	Gender Female	Age 4	Birth year 1877	Occupation -	Birth place Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
First name(s) Timothy	Last name Dempsey	Relationship Boarder	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 40	Birth year 1841	Occupation Labourer	Birth place Ireland

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 Sullivan family
in this 1881 Census record

Includes Margaret Sullivan and 5 other people

Sullivan family summary

NAME: Margaret Sullivan
BORN: 1844
BIRTH COUNTY: -
ADDRESS IN 1881: Cardiff St Mary, Glamorganshire, Wales