The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 4; Enumerator: Josiah J. White
Part of the Civil Parish of Hailsham lying South of the road from the Spy Marshes by Downash to Hailsham Common, thence following the South boundary of the Circle to West side, thence South of the footpath leading to Knockhatch to western boundary of Parish including Cacklebury, Sandbanks, Ersham, Downash, Peel Cottage, Sayerland, Otham Court and the town Railway Station and Church of Polegate, part of the Corporation of Pevensey is comprised in this District, also part of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John's Polegate.
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

2DownashThomas Saunders, M, Head, married, age 39, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Caroline Saunders, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Hellingly, Sussex
    William Saunders, M, Son, single, age 15, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Henry Saunders, M, Son, single, age 13, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Clara Saunders, F, Daughter, age 11, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Kate Saunders, F, Daughter, age 9, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edmund Saunders, M, Son, age 7, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Sarah J. Saunders, F, Daughter, age 5, born Hellingly, Sussex
    Charles Saunders, M, Son, age 3, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Edith Saunders, F, Daughter, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex

2DownashDaniel Simmonds, M, Head, married, age 70, born Ashington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Elvia Simmonds, F, Wife, married, age 66, born Goring, Sussex; handicap: deaf
    William Simmonds, M, Son, single, age 37, born Ashington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

2DownashNathanial Seymour, M, Head, married, age 47, born Buxstead, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
    Mercy Seymour, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Hailsham, Sussex
    George Seymour, M, Son, age 12, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edith Seymour, F, Daughter, age 9, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Jonathan Seymour, M, Son, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    David Seymour, M, Son, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Percival E. Seymour, M, Son, age 4, born Hailsham, Sussex

2Railway CrossingJohn Simmons, M, Head, widowed, age 53, born Iford, Sussex; occupation: railway platelayer
    Ellen Simmons, F, Daughter, age 26, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Fred Simmons, M, Son, age 17, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: railway labourer
    Willie Simmons, M, Son, age 15, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: railway porter
    Fanny Simmons, F, Daughter, age 11, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar

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