The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent Census
That part of Tunbridge Wells within the Parish of Speldhurst that includes Rusthall
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

10Poplar Cottages No 16William Oliver, M, Head, married, age 48, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: carman
    Charlotte Oliver, F, Wife, married, age 41, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Martha J. Oliver, F, Daughter, age 11, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edith Louise Oliver, F, Daughter, age 7, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles S. Oliver, M, Son, age 5, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Margaret E. Oliver, F, Daughter, age 3, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Beatrice Oliver, F, Daughter, age 11 m, born Speldhurst, Kent
    Emma Catt, F, Niece, age 11, born York; occupation: scholar

10Poplar Cottages No 17Robert Wilson, M, Head, married, age 46, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Excavator
    Ellen Wilson, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Ealing, Middlesex
    Robert Wilson, M, Son, age 8, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation Scholar
    William Wilson, M, Son, age 6, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Henry Wilson, M, Son, age 4, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Earnest Wilson, M, Son, age 1, born Rusthall, Kent

10The Elms, Rusthall CommonJohn Colbran, M, Head, married, age 72, born Beckley, Sussex; occupation: retired newspaper proprietor
    Clara Colbran, F, Wife, married, age 60, born Marshfield, Gloucester
    Percy S. Colbran, M, Son, single, age 31, born Tun Wells, Kent; occupation: draper
    Septimus S. Colbran, M, Son, single, age 24, born Tun Wells, Kent; occupation: ironmonger's assistant
    Clarissa Colbran, F, Daughter, single, age 22, born Tun Wells, Kent
    Ellen Paxted, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation Housemaid
    Sarah Wilmshurst, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Cook

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