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

12Laurel Cottage, Workhouse LaneGeorge Garner, M, Head, married, age 46, born Leighton Buzzard, Bedford; occupation: coachman
    Sarah A. Garner, F, Wife, married, age 46, born Buckingham, Buckingham
    Minnie Garner, F, Daughter, age 13, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ada Garner, F, Daughter, age 11, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Victor Garner, M, Son, age 10, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Herbert Garner, M, Son, age 7, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ernest Garner, M, Son, age 5, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation: scholar

12Rusthall Lodge, Workhouse LaneJohn Bowman, M, Head, married, age 59, born Cambridge Heath, Middlesex, occupation: landowner
    Charlotte E. Bowman, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Malta
    Alfred J. Bowman, M, Son, single, age 23, born Surbiton, Surrey, occupation: undergraduate
    Henry J. Bowman, M, Son, single, age 20, born Speldhurst, Kent, occupation: lieutenant militia
    Frederick W. Bowman, M, Son, single, age 13, born Speldhurst, Kent, occupation: scholar
    Mabel L. Bowman, F, Daughter, single, age 9, born Speldhurst, Kent, occupation: scholar
    Maude Bowman, F, Niece, single, age 18, born Edenbridge, Kent
    Martha Field, F, Servant, single, age 48, born Tun Wells, Kent; occupation: cook
    Elizabeth Pengoe, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Northiam, Sussex; occupation Housemaid
    Eliza M. Price, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: nurse
    Martha Jones, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Paddington, Middlesex; occupation: kitchenmaid

12No 1 Row of Cottages, Workhouse LaneMaria Marchant, F, Head, single, age 48, born Rusthall, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    Occupation Dressmaker

12No 2 Row of Cottages, Workhouse LaneSamuel Sales, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Lydia R. Sales, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Speldhurst, Kent
    Lydia L.J. Sales, F, Daughter, age 9, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Mercy E. Sales, F, Daughter, age 7, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edith A. Sales, F, Daughter, age 6, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Frederick C. Sales, M, Son, age 4, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: former laundress
    Mary Kate Sales, F, Daughter, age 2, born Speldhurst, Kent

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