Interesting Facts about the 1881 British Census

Interesting details discovered during the process of indexing the British 1881 Census. (Found in the Ensign magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, March 1996, p. 58.)

* The wife, mother, and daughter of James Christmas were all named Mary Christmas

* Frank Guest was listed as a visitor

* Harriet Goodhand was listed as a domestic servant

* The families of William Lovegrove, Henry Dearlove, and William Darling all lived on the same block in Oxfordshire

* A woman named Rose married Robert Garden

* Emma Boatwright married a seaman

* Mr. Thorn lived in Rose Cottage

* Robert Speed, a bus driver and post runner

* Robert Robb, a detective officer

* Phoebe Brain, a scholar

* One woman's birthplace was listed as "in stage coach between Nottingham and Derby"

* John Pounder, a blacksmith

* William Scales, a piano maker

* Herman Hamberger, born in Greece

* Curious occupations: dirt refiner, hoveller, moleskin saver, piano puncher, sparable cutter, spittle maker, tingle maker, and whim driver

* Twin four-year-olds named Peter the Great and William the Conqueror

* Brothers named Seaman and Landsman

* The occupation of three daughters was entered as "They toil not, neither do they spin"
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