The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 3; Enumerator: John Burgess
Part of the Civil Parish of Hailsham being a circle of one mile in diameter, the Market Square being the centre, being the District upon which are levied the Rates for the Public Lights including the Parish Church & Vicarage, the Town of Hailsham, the Petty Sessions House, Railway Station, Cattle Market & Recreation Ground, Bellbans & Millwalk, the boundary of the Circle being Grinsteds Cottage on the North west, Goldsmith Farm House & Cottage on the North, Millwalk Cottages on the East, Pond House on the South, Prices & Sinnocks Houses on the South West, and Diplocks Farm on the West.
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

59George StreetThos. Vitler, M, Head, married, age 34, born Hove, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith journeyman
    Caroline Vitler, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Catsfield, Sussex
    Eleanor Vitler, F, Daughter, age 5, born Guestling, Sussex; occupation: scholar; handicap: imbecile
    Edith Vitler, F, Daughter, age 1, born Guestling, Sussex

59George InnJohn L. Butcher, M, Head, married, age 57, born Holborn, London; occupation: licensed victualler
    Jane Butcher, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Mere, Wiltshire
    Jane Butcher, F, Daughter, single, age 31, born Chelsea, London
    Emma Butcher, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Brighton, Sussex
    Fredc. Butcher, M, Son, age 12, born Portslade, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Robert Butcher, M, Son, age 11, born Portslade, Sussex; occupation: scholar

59George StreetHoward H.J. Nicholls, M, Head, married, age 27, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: general practitioner
    Harriett Nicholls, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex
    Annie Elphick, F, Servant, single, age 17, born Hove, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant
    Mary Carter, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Bodle Street, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant

59George StreetWilliam Ellis, M, Head, married, age 44, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: master grocer
    Ellen Ellis, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Brighton, Sussex
    Annie Ellis, F, Daughter, age 8, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Nellie Ellis, F, Daughter, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Bessey Ellis, F, Daughter, age 2, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Mary Randall, F, Visitor, single, age 30, born Brighton, Sussex
    Mary Parson, F, Servant, age 14, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant

59The SquareDaniel White, M, Head, married, age 68, born West hoathly, Sussex; occupation: draper
    Mary White, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Burwash, Sussex
    George Kenward, M, Grandson, age 14, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: errand boy
    Sarah Heckle, F, Servant, age 15, born London, Middlesex; occupation: domestic servant
    Thos. Wise, M, Servant, age 18, born Welton, Hampshire; occupation: grocer's assistant
    Edwd Pilbeam, M, Servant, , age 27, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Draper's assistant
    Eliza Fuggles, F, Servant, age 22, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: draper's assistant

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