The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 1; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: William Tarbutt
All the houses on the North side of the Town commencing at the Cottage near Bedlam Stile and continuing to the Windmill Inn, including the Bowling Green Cottage, the National School, the Free School Cottage, also all the houses on the South East side of the road commencing at Swifts Lodge opposite the Windmill Inn continuing through the Town as far as the Gas House.
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

22Church Gate HouseJane Iggulden, F, Head, single, age 68, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    Jane H. Couchman, F, Niece, single, age 43, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: dressmaker

22Vestry Hall CottageJohn Curls, M, Head, married, age 68, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Anne Curls, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Cranbrook, Kent

22Stone StreetWilliam Blackman, M, Head, widowed, age 57, born Biddenden, Kent; occupation: carpenter (journeyman)
    Annie Blackman, F, Daughter, single, age 28, born St Leonards On Sea, Sussex
    Mary E. Jenner, F, Lodger, single, age 34, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: dressmaker

22Stone StreetJohn Rofe, M, Head, married, age 46, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: plumber employing 2 men and 1 boy
    Eliza Rofe, F, Wife, married, age 43, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Charles Rofe, M, Son, single, age 21, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: plumber's assistant
    Kate Rofe, F, Daughter, single, age 18, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: general servant (unemployed)
    Bertha Rofe, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: general servant (unemployed)
    Albert Rofe, M, Son, age 13, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Lilly Rofe, F, Daughter, age 10, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edith Rofe, F, Daughter, age 7, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Eva Rofe, F, Daughter, age 5, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ernest Rofe, M, Son, age 4, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Lizzie Rofe, F, Daughter, age 3 m, born Cranbrook, Kent

22Stone StreetElizabeth Parsons, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Lenham, Kent; occupation: toy dealer
    Amy Drowley, F, Sister, widowed, age 62, born Lenham, Kent; occupation: annuitant

22Stone StreetDaniel Sturdy, M, Head, married, age 56, born Stockwell, Surrey; occupation: chemist and druggist
    Isabell Sturdy, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Newcastle On Tyne
    Edwin Sturdy, M, Son, age 15, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Grace Madeline Sturdy, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Margaret Sturdy, F, Daughter, single, age 8, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Emily Hayter, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: general servant

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