The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Penshurst, Kent Census
That part of the Parish of Penshurst that includes Salmans, Wellers Town and Vexour Farm
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

12Vexour CottageSarah Harris, F, Head, widowed, age 80, born Penshurst, Kent, handicap: deaf
    George Harris, M, Son, married, age 39, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: maker of cricket balls
    Jane Harris, F, Daughter in law, married, age 33, born Leigh, Kent
    Jane Harris, F, Granddaughter, single, age 9, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Fanny Harris, F, Granddaughter, single, age 7, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

12Vexour FarmWilliam J. Kerl, M, Head, married, age 36, born Sevenoaks, Kent, employs 2 men and 1 boy; occupation: farmer
    Helen Kerl, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Beckenham, Kent
    Sarah Goldsmith, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: servant

12Denviles CottageJames Nicholls, M, Head, married, age 43, born Hever, Kent; occupation Labourer
    Sarah Nicholls, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Ashurst, Kent
    Annie Nicholls, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation Scholar
    William Nicholls, M, Son, single, age 9, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Jane Nicholls, F, Daughter, single, age 4, born Brasted, Kent
    James Nicholls, M, Son, single, age 2, born Penshurst, Kent
    Henry Hoath, M, Lodger, single, age 47, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: labourer

12Chested HouseHarriet E. Streatfeild, M, Head, widowed, age 51, born Abbots Langley, Hertford, employs 5 men and 1 boy; occupation: farmer
    Ronald H. A. Streatfeild, M, Son, single, age 19, born Penshurst, Kent
    Eliza King, F, Servant, single, age 35, born Colnewith, Bedford; occupation: lady's maid
    Annie Dunn, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Gilston, Hertford; occupation: cook
    Fanny Gates, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Birkenhead, Cheshire; occupation: housemaid
    William Chandler, M, Servant, single, age 14, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, occupation: page

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