The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 5; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: William Lance
This District comprises:- All the houses on the West side of Glassenbury Lane as far as Hartley Gate. All the houses on the South from Hartley Gate through Swattenden Lane as far as the boundary of the Parish extends.
This Division includes Great and Little Glassenbury, The Furnace, Hartley, Tubslake, Eggshell, Trenly, Prickle Gate, Swattenden House.
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

8HartleyWilliam Rumens, M, Head, married, age 45, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: carpenter (master) employing 1 man and 1 boy
    Mary Ann Rumens, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Bloomsbury, Middlesex
    William F. Rumens, M, Son, age 15, born Mitcham, Surrey; occupation: carpenter's apprentice
    Rosa Rumens, F, Daughter, age 13, born Mitcham, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    Gideon Rumens, M, Son, age 11, born Mitcham, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    Martha Rumens, F, Daughter, age 9, born Mitcham, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    James Rumens, M, Son, age 6, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Hephzibah E. Rumens, F, Daughter, age 3, born Cranbrook, Kent

8HartleyThomas Smith, M, Head, married, age 59, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Harriett Smith, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Mary A. Smith, F, Daughter, age 14, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Frederick G. Smith, M, Son, age 11, born Cranbrook, Kent; handicap: imbecile

8HartleyCharles Unicume, M, Head, married, age 38, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer of 37 acres employing 3 men
    Eliza Unicume, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Rye, Sussex; occupation: farmer's wife
    Nelly Unicume, F, Daughter, age 8, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Charles Unicume, M, Son, age 7, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Ernest Unicume, M, Son, age 5, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Agnes Unicume, F, Daughter, age 3, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Ethel Unicume, F, Daughter, age 1, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Bessie Unicume, F, Daughter, age 1, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Eliza Quaife, F, Servant, age 18, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: domestic servant

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