The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 6; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: G. Messenger
Goudhurst part of: Mother Church St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish
All that part of the parish of Goudhurst lying to the southeast of District No 5 as far as the boundaries of the parish of Cranbrook and extending South as far as the River Toise including Colliers Green, Iden Green, Mile Lane, Frogs Hall, Buckhurst, Smugley, Blackbush, Triggs, Chequers, Beresford Road and Tattlebury.
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]

Census sheets
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Sheet    Place    Census entry

5BuckhurstJames Kemp, M, Head, married, age 25, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Ellen Kemp, F, Wife, married, age 22, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Ellen Kemp, F, Daughter, age 3, born Goudhurst, Kent
    James Kemp, M, Son, age 1, born Goudhurst, Kent

5Colliers GreenWalter Underdown, M, Head, married, age 46, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farmer of 40 acres
    Emily Underdown, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Annie Underdown, F, Daughter, age 16, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Emily Underdown, F, Daughter, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Walter T. Underdown, M, Son, age 8, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William Golding, M, Son, age 17, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

5Colliers GreenEli Dodson, M, Head, married, age 30, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Ann Dodson, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Hollington, Sussex

5Colliers GreenWilliam E. Mercer, M, Head, married, age 41, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: Farmer of 9 acres
    Eliza A. Mercer, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Horsmonden, Kent
    Frances M. Mercer, F, Daughter, age 10, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    Elizabeth Mercer, F, Daughter, age 9, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    William Mercer, M, Son, age 7, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    Hubert G. Mercer, M, Son, age 5, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    Ernest A. Mercer, M, Son, age 2, born Goudhurst, Kent

5Round GreenCharles Golding, M, Head, married, age 61, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Ester Golding, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Battle, Sussex
    Maude Boorman, F, Daughter, age 6, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Robert Golding, M, Son, age 16, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    James Golding, M, Son, age 13, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Tom Golding, M, Son, age 9, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

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