The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Southborough, Kent Census
That part of Southborough within the Parish of Tonbridge that includes London Road, Forge Street, Western Road, Norton Road, Edward Street, Elm Road, Bedford Road, Meadow Road, Springfield Road, Broom Hill, Bentham Hill, Modest Corner, Holden Road, Victoria Road and the Common
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

47Modest CornerFrederick Shorter, M, Head, married, age 45, born Stafford; occupation: labourer
    Sarah Shorter, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Frant, Sussex
    Jule Shorter, F, Daughter, age 16, born Rusthall, Kent
    Frederick Shorter, M, Son, age 14, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: labourer
    Fanny Shorter, F, Daughter, age 12, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Walter Shorter, M, Son, age 9, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Lina Shorter, F, Daughter, age 6, born Woolwich, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Sidney Shorter, M, Son, age 4, born Southborough, Kent
    Edith Shorter, F, Daughter, age 9 m, born Southborough, Kent

47Modest CornerRichard Ralph, M, Head, married, age 70, born Southborough, Kent; occupation: chimney sweep
    Lydia Ralph, F, Wife, married, age 75, born Chester, Cheshire
    Frederick J. Ralph, M, Grandson, age 11, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar

47Modest CornerHarriett Coomber, F, Head, widowed, age 49, born Ashurst, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Henry Coomber, M, Son, single, age 17, born Fordcomb, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Esther Coomber, F, Daughter, age 14, born Bentham Hill, Kent; occupation: laundress

47Modest CornerJesse Funnell, M, Head, married, age 46, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Jane Funnell, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Speldhurst, Kent
    Harry Funnell, M, Son, single, age 17, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Elizabeth Funnell, F, Daughter, age 14, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Emily M. Funnell, F, Daughter, age 12, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Alice Funnell, F, Daughter, age 10, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles Funnell, M, Son, age 6, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Annie Funnell, F, Daughter, age 4, born Southboro, Kent

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