The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Tonbridge, Kent Census
That part of the parish of Tonbridge that includes Rose Street, Strawberry Vale, Pembury Grove, Priory Road, Lavender Hill, Priory Street and St Stephens Street
Please note:
  • These census records have been transcribed from images of the original census sheets. Whilst all care has been taken, the result is an interpretation of the original which is available at Local Record Offices, from The National Archives, and from ancestry.co.uk
  • Occupation has been unified (e.g. Ag Lab, Farm Lab, and many other such recordings are all displayed as Farm labourer).
  • The Sheet Number is as shown on the original document and is linked to a page showing all the entries on that Sheet (as well as entries from the following or previous sheet where the entry for the location covers more than one sheet).
  • In those instances where the Census entry is incorrect or missing and it has been possible from other sources to derive a correction, then these changes are shown inside square brackets, e.g. [Wife]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

17 Rose StreetJames Hobbs, M, Head, married, age 36, born Bromley, Kent; occupation: railway engine driver
    Matilda R. Hobbs, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Mary Kennedy, F, Sister, married, age 41, born Ashford, Kent; occupation: nurse

18 Rose StreetWilliam G. Avery, M, Head, married, age 25, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: railway pointsman
    Eliza[?] E. Avery, F, Wife, married, age 23, born Ireland[?]
    Ellen E. Avery, F, Daughter, age 2, born Tunbridge, Kent
    Alice M. Avery, F, Daughter, age 10 m, born Tunbridge, Kent
    Mary E. Card, F, Boarder, married, age 24, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Stephen Card, M, Boarder, married, age 22, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: carter

19 Rose StreetChristian Walter, M, Head, married, age 54, born (BS), Prussia; occupation Gate keeper
    Elizabeth Walter, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Leigh, Kent
    Thomas Walter, M, Son, single, age 18, born Leigh, Kent; occupation Garden Labourer
    George Walter, M, Son, age 14, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation House boy
    Lousia Walter, F, Daughter, age 13, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Clara Walter, F, Daughter, age 11, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Charles Walter, M, Son, age 8, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation Scholar

110 Rose StreetJesse Young, M, Head, married, age 56, born Pembury, Kent; occupation Carpenter
    Susan Young, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Seal, Kent

111 Rose StreetJohn Bendall, M, Head, married, age 50, born Cambs, Cambridge, occupation: lyric author and police inspector pensioner
    Louise Bendall, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Hesse Dannsbrott ?, Germany

112 Rose StreetThomas Peckham, M, Head, married, age 40, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: railway engine driver
    Sarah F. Peckham, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Maidstone, Kent
    Clara E. Peckham, F, Daughter, age 13, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Amy A. Peckham, F, Daughter, age 11, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Thomas H. Peckham, M, Son, age 8, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: scholar
    James J. Peckham, M, Son, age 5, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Eva G. Peckham, F, Daughter, age 3, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar

1Ashby House, Priory RoadJoseph Jon Collins, M, Head, married, age 53, born Longham Hampreston, Hampshire; occupation: registrar of births and deaths
    Mary Ann Collins, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Portsea, Hampshire
    Rose Emma Collins, F, Daughter, single, age 24, born Portsea, Hampshire; occupation: school mistress
    Joseph Edwd. Collins, M, Son, single, age 22, born Portsea, Hampshire; occupation: bank clerk
    Wm. Jon Collins, M, Son, single, age 20, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: stationer's clerk and traveller
    Alice Mary Collins, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Septimus Collins, M, Son, single, age 14, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Emila Annie Collins, F, Daughter, single, age 11, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Archibald Collins, M, Son, single, age 10, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar

1Florence Place, 3 Priory RoadJohn Finch, M, Head, married, age 56, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: carpenter
    Harriet Finch, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Emily Finch, F, Daughter, single, age 27, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Kate Finch, F, Daughter, single, age 13, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Robert Belshaw, M, Boarder, single, age 26, born Down County, Ireland, occupation: inland revenue officer

1Florence Place, 2 Priory RoadJoanna Smith, F, Head, single, age 56, born Waltham Abbey, Essex; occupation: annuitant
    Frances Bates, F, Lodger, single, age 46, born Hadlow, Kent, occupation: annuitant

1Florence Place, 1 Priory RoadJohn Batchelor, M, Head, married, age 55, born Tonbridge, Kent, occupation: retired innkeeper
    Susan Batchelor, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Tonbridge, Kent
    Priscilla Heather, F, Niece, single, age 21, born Plumstead, Kent, unemployed, occupation: barmaid
    Elizabeth Heather, F, Niece, single, age 21, born Plumstead, Kent, unemployed, occupation: barmaid

1Florence Place, 5 Priory RoadHannah Groombridge, F, Head, widowed, age 72, born Fine Liddear, Wiltshire; occupation: laundress
    Catherine Groombridge, F, Daughter, single, age 41, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: laundress

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