1851 England Census

Author Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851.
Abbreviation 1851 England Census
Publication information Ancestry.co.uk

Notes

Note: 1

1851 England Census:

The 1851 Census for England was taken on the night of 30 March 1851. The following information was requested:

Name of street, place, road, etc.
House number or name
Name of each person that had spent the night in that household
Relationship of person enumerated to the head of the family
Person's marital status
Age at last birthday (sex is indicated by which column the age is recorded in)
Person's rank, profession, or occupation
Person's place of birth (if outside of England or Wales, only the country may be given)
Whether blind, deaf, or idiot
Enumeration forms were distributed to all households a couple of days before census night and the complete forms were collected the next day. All responses were to reflect the individual's status as of 30 March 1851 for all individuals who had spent the night in the house. People who were traveling or living abroad were enumerated at the location where they spent the night on census night. All of the details from the individual forms were later sorted and copied into enumerators' books, which are the records we can view images of today. The original householders schedules from 1841 to 1901 were destroyed.

The clerks who compiled and reviewed the census data made a variety of marks on the returns. Unfortunately, many of these tally marks were written over personal information and some fields, such as ages, can be difficult to read as a result. More useful marks include a single slash between households within a building and a double slash separating households in separate buildings.

Note: 2

1851 England Census: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8860/ gives notes on some of the problems with this census

Attributes

Key Value
Date 3 March 1851

References

  1. 1851 Census: John Dryden (1803): Class: HO107; Piece: 2410; Folio: 304; Page: 48; GSU roll: 87088
    1. Dryden, Elizabeth (1844)
    2. Birth of William Atkins Dryden (1828)
      1. Dryden, William Atkins (1828) (Primary)
      2. Dryden, John (Primary)
      3. Cooper, Elizabeth (Primary)
    3. Dryden, John
    4. Dryden, John
    5. Dryden, George
    6. Dryden, James
    7. Dryden, William Atkins (1828)
    8. John Dryden, apprentice chain maker, living with his father and siblings
      1. Dryden, John (Primary)
    9. Cooper, Elizabeth
    10. Elizabeth Dryden with he father and six siblings
      1. Dryden, Elizabeth (1844) (Primary)
    11. Dryden, Mary Ann
    12. Dryden, Dorothy
    13. James Dryden, apprentice chain maker, living with father John Dryden (1803) and siblings
      1. Dryden, James (Primary)
    14. 1851 Census: William A. Dryden, chain maker, living with his father and six siblings
      1. Dryden, William Atkins (1828) (Primary)
    15. Mary Ann Dryden, living with father John Dryden (1803), and siblings
      1. Dryden, Mary Ann (Primary)
    16. George Dryden, living with father John Dryden (1803) and siblings
      1. Dryden, George (Primary)
    17. John Dryden (1804): Chain maker, widower, with seven children
      1. Dryden, John (Primary)
    18. Dorothy Dryden, living with father John Dryden (1803) and six siblings
      1. Dryden, Dorothy (Primary)
  2. 1851 Census - John Witherill and family:
    1. Wetherell, Mary Jane
    2. 1851 Census - Mary Jane Witherill with some family members
      1. Wetherell, Mary Jane (Primary)
    3. 1851 Census - Cecilia Witherill, father John and some siblings
      1. Wetherell, Cecilia (Primary)
    4. Wetherell, Marmaduke
    5. 1851 Census - Marmaduke Witherill with father and some siblings
      1. Wetherell, Marmaduke (Primary)
    6. Wetherell, Cecilia
    7. 1851 Census - John Witherill (Butcher) and some children
      1. Weatherill, John (Primary)
    8. Weatherill, John
  3. 1851 Census: John Nevens, with mother Martha and siblings; Household 12, Piece 2392, Folio 528, Page 3
    1. 1851 Census - John Nevens (Pilot) with mother Martha and siblngs
      1. Nevens, John (Primary)
    2. Nevens, John
  4. 1851 Census - Elizabeth Wetherell with husband John Bewick: South Shields, Ed 4D, Household 14, Page 2399 Folio 234, Page 3
    1. Wetherell, Elizabeth
    2. 1851 Census - Elizabeth Wetherell with husband John Bewick (master mariner)
      1. Wetherell, Elizabeth (Primary)
  5. 1851 Census: Jane Potts: Class: HO107; Piece: 2410; Folio: 307; Page: 55; GSU roll: 87088.
    1. Potts, Thomas
    2. Thomas Potts (1830): Blacksmith, living with mother Jane and sister Margaret
      1. Potts, Thomas (Primary)
    3. Jane Potts (widow), occupation "daily work", with Thomas and Margaret
      1. Smith, Jane (Primary)
    4. Potts, Margaret
    5. Smith, Jane
    6. 1851 Census: Margaret Potts, living with widowed mother Jane and brother Thomas: "at home"
      1. Potts, Margaret (Primary)
  6. 1851 Census: John Hutchinson, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham
    1. Pilot
      1. Hutchinson, John (Primary)
    2. Hutchinson, John