Rebekah Barnes in London, Middlesex in the 1881 Census

Details of Rebekah Barnes of 54 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields, London, Middlesex, England

First name(s): Rebekah
Last name: Barnes
Relationship: Head
Marital status: Widow
Gender: Female
Age: 56
Birth year: 1825
Occupation: Pawnbroker
Birth town: Bethnal Green
Birth county: Middlesex
Birth place: England
Street: 54 Brushfield Street
Town: —
Parish: Spitalfields
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) Flora Alice	Last name Hilsden	Relationship Servant	Marital status Single	Gender Female	Age 22	Birth year 1859	Occupation General Servant	Birth place Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
First name(s) Edward J	Last name Clark	Relationship Servant	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 16	Birth year 1865	Occupation Asst Pawnbroker	Birth place Marylebone, Middlesex, England
First name(s) Charles	Last name Arrvan	Relationship Servant	Marital status Single	Gender Male	Age 16	Birth year 1865	Occupation Asst Pawnbroker	Birth place Stepney, 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 Barnes family
in this 1881 Census record

Includes Rebekah Barnes and 3 other people

Barnes family summary

NAME: Rebekah Barnes
BORN: 1825
BIRTH COUNTY: Middlesex
ADDRESS IN 1881: Spitalfields, London, Middlesex, England