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1881 and 1901 Census Data
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1881 and 1901 census data for Susannah Pleasants and family

In 1881 living at 34 Pole St, Middlesex, England were:
 
  • Susannah Pleasants, wife (head), age 43, Occupation: tailoress, Born: Colchester, Essex
  • Eliz. Pleasants, daughter, age 13, Occupation: tailoress, Born: Stepney, Middlesex
  • Jos. Pleasants, son, age 11, Born: Stepney, Middlesex
  • Arthur Pleasants, son, age 9, Born: Stepney, Middlesex
  • Eva Pleasants, daughter, age 5, Born: Stepney, Middlesex
  • Martha Pleasants, daughter, age 3, Born: Stepney, Middlesex
  • Percy Pleasants, son, age 1, Born: Stepney, Middlesex
  • Jane Harris, lodger, age 40, Occupation: seamstress, Born: Middlesex

  • The National Archives Reference for the 1881 census is RG11, piece 477, folio 71, page 17.

    Ada Pleasants, daughter of Susannah Pleasants (nee Cockrell) and Joseph Pleasants
    was living with her uncle and aunt.

    At High Street, Colchester St. Nicholas, Essex, England were:

  • John H. Cockrell, head, age 55, Occupation: manager general merchants, Born: Colchester, Essex
  • Eliza Cockrell, wife, age 51, Born: Southampton, Hampshire
  • Emily M. Cockrell, daughter, age 22, Occupation: assistant shop, Born: Colchester, Essex
  • Ada S. Pleasants, niece, age 16, Occupation: assistant shop, Born: Colchester, Essex
  • Charlotte E. Whiting, niece, age 22, Occupation: milliner, Born: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
  • Mary A. L. Angier, servant, age 13, Born: Colchester, Essex

  • The National Archives Reference for the 1881 census is RG11, piece 1792, folio 5, page 4.

    By the time of the 1901 census:
     
  • Arthur had married, had 2 children and was living at 44 Bromley St, Ratcliff, London
  • Ada had married, had 2 children and was living in Newhaven, East Sussex

  • Susannah, Eva, Martha and Percy had moved to 26 Tyndall Rd, Leyton, Essex
     
  • Susannah Pleasants, Age 62, Born: Essex, Colchester
  • Eva E. Pleasants, Age 25, Occupation: Dressmaker, working at home, Born: London, Stepney
  • Martha Pleasants, Age 23, Born: London, Stepney
  • Percy Pleasants, Age 21, Occupation: Clerk, Tea Trade, Born: London, Stepney

  • Martha Pleasants was also known as Patricia.
     


    In 1901, 98,899 people lived in Leyton.
    In 1965, Leyton was moved from the administration of Essex, into the London Borough of Waltham Forest (2001 pop 221,000).

    location of Leyton
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