The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Penshurst, Kent Census
That part of the Parish of Penshurst that includes Smarts Hill, Saint Hill, Chafford Park and Walters Green
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

11No 3 Chafford CottagesHenry Webb, M, Head, married, age 55, born Newbury, Berkshire; occupation Paper maker
    Mary A. Webb, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Bradninch, Devon
    Maria Webb, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Dartford, Kent; occupation Employed at paper mill
    Mary Webb, F, Daughter, age 12, born Dartford, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Martha Webb, F, Daughter, age 12, born Dartford, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Ada Webb, F, Daughter, age 8, born Dartford, Kent; occupation Scholar

11No 4 Chafford CottagesMary A. Ovenden, F, Head, widowed, age 68, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Annuitant
    Mary A. Ovenden, F, Daughter, single, age 32, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Annuitant
    Emily Ovenden, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Employed at paper mill
    Ella Williams, F, Granddaughter, age 3, born Penshurst, Kent
    Thomas Davis, M, Lodger, married, age 27, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: paper maker
    George Simpson, M, Lodger, married, age 60, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter

11No 5 Chafford CottagesWilliam E. Ovenden, M, Head, married, age 29, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Paper mill millwright
    Harriet J. Ovenden, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Penshurst, Kent
    Henry J. Harris, M, Boarder, married, age 23, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: paper maker
    Elizabeth E. Harris, F, Boarder, married, age 25, born Penshurst, Kent
    Emma E. Harris, F, Boarder's Daughter, age 1, born Penshurst, Kent

11No 6 Chafford CottagesWilliam D. Davis, M, Head, married, age 46, born Ashurst, Kent; occupation: paper mill bleacher
    Margaret Davis, F, Wife, married, age 42, born St Clements, Sussex
    Henry W. Davis, M, Son, age 5, born Penshurst, Kent
    Margaret Davis, F, Daughter, age 3, born Penshurst, Kent
    Thomas A. Ovenden, M, Son, single, age 22, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Paper mill millwright

11No 7 Chafford CottagesJesse Ovenden, M, Head, married, age 47, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Paper mill stoker
    Harriet Ovenden, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Speldhurst, Kent
    Mary J. Ovenden, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Crowboro, Sussex; occupation Dressmaker
    William H. Ovenden, M, Son, single, age 18, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Teacher

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