The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 2; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: H. Dyke
All the houses on the South side of the Town, commencing at Mrs Jobson's and continuing through the Town as far as the Cottage near Baker's Cross on the Benenden Road, also all the houses on the North side of the road from the Gas House to Mr May's, formerly Jeremiah Pelhurst's.
This division includes the Tan Yard, the Pest House and the School Hospital.
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

8High StreetWilliam Roberts, M, Head, married, age 23, born Dolgelly, Merioneth, Wales; occupation: assistant schoolmaster
    Elizabeth Roberts, F, Wife, married, age 23, born Poole, Dorset
    Evelyn L.A. Roberts, F, Daughter, age 8 m, born Cranbrook, Kent

8High StreetJames Alcorn, M, Head, married, age 48, born Street, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith
    Sarah Alcorn, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Elizabeth Alcorn, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    Alice Alcorn, F, Daughter, age 10, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Thomas Alcorn, M, Son, age 7, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William Alcorn, M, Son, age 5, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Robert Alcorn, M, Son, age 2, born Cranbrook, Kent

8High StreetStephen Burnham, M, Head, married, age 59, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: master tailor employing 8 men and 3 boys
    Sarah Burnham, F, Wife, married, age 57, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Mary J. Burnham, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Alice M. Burnham, F, Daughter, age 19, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Adah Burnham, F, Daughter, age 14, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar

8High StreetElizabeth Owlett, F, Head, single, age 53, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: annuitant
    Martha Austen, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: domestic servant

84 Gurrs Cottages, High StreetAlfred Taylor, M, Head, married, age 28, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Emilie Taylor, F, Wife, married, age 26, born Ipswich, Suffolk

83 Gurrs Cottages, High StreetJames J. Parratt, M, Head, married, age 30, born Greenwich, Kent; occupation: fishmonger
    Annie Parratt, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Cranleigh, Surrey

82 Gurrs Cottages, High StreetThomas Russell, M, Head, married, age 63, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: cooper
    Agnes Russell, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Ulcomb, Kent

81 Gurrs Cottages, High StreetSamuel Sweatman, M, Head, married, age 56, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: bill poster
    Sarah Sweatman, F, Wife, married, age 56, born Cuckfield, Sussex
    George Sweatman, M, Son, age 17, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: apprentice printer
    Edward Sweatman, M, Son, age 14, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar

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