1881 Census

1881 CENSUS

 

The 1881 census was taken in April 1881 just over a year before the explosion took place. This is a list of all the men who were killed in the disaster as they appeared on that census.  Their names appear in bold type.

NB Where a surname appears only once all members of that household have the same surname.

Name of street, Place or Road, and Name or Number of House

 

Name and surname of each person who abode in the house on the night of 3rd April

Relation to head of family

Condition

Age

Rank, profession or Occupation

Where born

Grendon Common

Charles ALBRIGHTON

Head

Mar

46

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

 

Sarah

Wife

Mar

42

 

Atherstone

 

Dick

Son

Un

20

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Charles

Son

Un

19

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Eliza

Dau

Un

17

Hat trimmer

Grendon

 

Julia

Dau

Un

11

Scholar

Grendon

 

Frances

Dau

 

9

Scholar

Grendon

 

Priscilla

Dau

 

7

Scholar

Grendon

 

Florence E

Dau

 

4

 

Grendon

 

Sarah M

Dau

 

5mths

 

Grendon

 

Bingham Row,

Richard ARCHER

Head

Mar

31

Coal miner

Baddesley

Atherstone

Emma

Wife

Mar

28

Hat Trimmer

Baddesley

 

William Blount

Son

 

9

Scholar

Atherstone

 

Joseph

Son

 

7

Scholar

Atherstone

 

Ada Selina

Dau

 

6

Scholar

Atherstone

 

Arthur

Son

 

2

 

Atherstone

 

Mary Jane

Dau

 

9mths

 

Atherstone

 

Baddesley Ensor

John ATKINS

Head

Mar

34

Deputy in coal mine

Baddesley

 

Eliza

Wife

Mar

30

 

Baddesley

 

George E

Son

 

4

 

Baddesley

 

Frank

Son

 

2

 

Baddesley

 

Harriet

Sister

Un

22

Domestic servant

Baddesley

 

Grendon Common

George BALL

Head

Mar

53

Carpenter

Grendon

 

Jane

Wife

Mar

53

 

Baddesley

 

George

Son

Un

30

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Amos

Son

Un

25

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Thomas

Son

Un

19

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Catherine

Dau

Un

17

Dom Servant

Grendon

 

Joseph

Son

Un

16

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Richard

Son

Un

15

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Letitia

Dau

Un

13

Scholar

Grendon

 

Henry

Son

 

8

Scholar

Grendon

 

Jane Evans

Bord

 

6

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Baddesley Ensor

Joseph BALL

Head

Mar

46

Colliery Engineer

Baddesley Ensor

 

Harriet

Wife

Mar

45

 

Castle Bromwich

 

William

Son

Un

23

Colliery Engineer

 

 

Joseph

Son

Un

14

Colliery Err.

Baxterley

 

No 8 Baxterley

Thomas BESSON

Head

Mar

48

Coal miner

Baxterley

Hall Cottages

Ann                

Wife

Mar

37

 

Higham-on-hill

Baxterley

Joseph

Son

 

12

Scholar

Baxterley

 

William

Son

 

10

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Alfred

Son

 

6

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Arthur

Son

 

3

 

Baxterley

 

Henry

Son

 

1

 

Baxterley

 

Grendon

William BLOWER

Head

Mar

25

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Eliza

Wife

Mar

22

 

Aston, Birmingham

 

Bertha E

Dau

 

2

 

Aston, Birmingham

 

Grendon

Samuel BOONHAM

Head

Mar

49

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Sarah

Wife

Mar

47

 

Polesworth

 

John

Son

 

9

Scholar

Grendon

 

William

Son

 

5

Scholar

Grendon

 

No 1 Baxterley

Joseph CLAY

Head

Mar

50

Coal miner

Chilvers Coton

Hall Cottages,

Elizabeth

Wife

Mar

42

 

Attleborough

Baxterley

William

Son

Un

18

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

 

Sarah

Dau

Un

13

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Susan L

Dau

Un

11

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Joseph

Son

 

8

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Florence A

Dau

 

4

 

Baxterley

 

Frederick B

Son

 

1

 

Baxterley

 

No 3 Baxterley

Edward COLLINS

Head

Mar

47

Coal miner

Birmingham

Hall Cottages,

Elizabeth

Wife

Mar

44

 

Newport

 Baxterley

Sarah

Dau

Un

19

Gen servant

Walsall STS

 

John

Son

Un

16

Coal miner's boy

 

 

Edward

Son

Un

12

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Jane

Dau

 

10

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Charlotte

Dau

 

5

 

Baxterley

 

Enoch

Son

 

8mths

 

Baxterley

 

Elizabeth R Thursman

G/Dau

 

1

 

LEC Morton

 

Grendon Common

Charles DAY

Head

Mar

51

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

 

Eliza

Wife

Mar

49

 

Grendon

 

William

Son

Un

21

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Thomas

Son

Un

19

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Charles

Son

 

13

Scholar

Grendon

 

Henry

Son

 

10

Scholar

Grendon

 

Eliza

Dau

 

7

Scholar

Grendon

 

Speedwell Row,

Joseph DAY

Head

Mar

30

Coal miner

Grendon

Baddesley Ensor

Ann

Wife

Mar

35

 

Witherley

 

Alfred C

Son

 

6

Scholar

Baxterley

 

William H

Son

 

2

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Joseph T

Son

 

5mths

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Bingham Row,

William Day

Head

Mar

69

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

Atherstone

Ann

Wife

Mar

52

 

Merevale

 

Catherine

Dau

Un

23

Dressmaker

Baddesley Ensor

 

Martha Ruth

Dau

Un

19

Gen labourer

Baddesley Ensor

 

George

Son

 

9

Scholar

Merevale

 

Merevale Hall Merevale

William Stratford DUGDALE

Head

Mar

52

Magistrate

London

 

Alice Frances

Wife

Mar

35

 

Clapham SUR

 

Edgar Trevelyan

Son

 

4

 

Merevale

 

Polesworth,

Charles EVANS

Head

Mar

31

Coal miner

Cinderford GLS

Birchmoor

Emma

Wife

Mar

30

 

Hillwood GLS

 

Thomas

Son

 

10

Scholar

Little Deans Hill GLS

 

Matilda

Dau

 

8

Scholar

Cinderford GLS

 

Clara

Dau

 

6

Scholar

Cinderford GLS

 

Samuel

Son

 

4

Scholar

Cinderford GLS

 

No 12 Baxterley

Dick EVANS

Head

Mar

26

Coal miner

Dordon

Hall Cottages,

Mary

Wife

Mar

24

 

Baddesley Ensor

Baxterley

William

Son

 

4

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Mary A

Dau

 

3

 

Atherstone

 

Frederick

Son

 

1

 

Baxterley

 

Baddesley Ensor

John EVANS

Head

Mar

24

Coal miner

Polesworth

 

Sarah A

Wife

Mar

24

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Beatrice A

Dau

 

3

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Joseph

Son

 

1

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Rose Cottages,

Joseph HORTON

Head

Mar

34

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

Baddesley Ensor

Mary

Wife

Mar

34

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Joseph

Son

Un

13

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

 

Benjamin

Son

 

11

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Elizabeth

Dau

 

9

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Ellen

Dau

 

8

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Lavinia

Dau

 

6

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Jane

Dau

 

3

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Alice

Dau

 

1

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Boot Lane,

William HORTON

Head

Mar

56

Coal miner

Polesworth

Baddesley Ensor

Amy

Wife

Mar

55

 

Polesworth

 

Henry

Son

Un

24

Coal miner

Polesworth

 

Edmund

Son

Un

22

Coal miner

Polesworth

 

Hannah

Dau

Un

12

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Baxterley

William KNIGHT

Head

Mar

30

Coal miner

Witherley

 

Elizabeth

Wife

Mar

31

 

Witherley

 

Amy

Dau

 

7

 

Witherley

 

George

Brother

Un

26

Coal miner's lab

Witherley

 

Baxterley

John PARKER

Head

Mar

57

Colliery manager

Codnor, DBY

 

Sarah

Wife

Mar

51

 

Baxterley

 

William

Son

Un

14

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Sarah A

Dau

 

8

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Elizabeth ROSS

Moth/L

W

86

 

Nuneaton

 

Colliery Agent's

John POGMORE

Head

Mar

57

Colliery agent

Hurdsfield, CHS

House,

Frances

Wife

Mar

58

 

Sutton

Merevale

Harriet Ashton

Dau

Un

30

 

Merevale

 

Francis Herbert

Son

Un

26

Solicitor

Merevale

 

Harriet Atkins

Serv

Un

33

Gen serv

Baddesley Ensor

 

John Marler Stanton

Vis

Un

27

Plumber

Atherstone

 

Grendon Common

Henry RADFORD

Head

Mar

50

Coal miner

Atherstone

 

Catherine

Wife

Mar

48

 

Atherstone

 

Henry

Son

Un

25

Coal miner

Grendon

 

Polesworth

John ROSS

Head

Mar

41

Coal miner

Baxterley

 

Emma

Wife

Mar

47

Miner's wife

Polesworth

 

Sarah Jane

Dau

Un

13

 

Dordon

 

William

Son

Un

16

Coal miner

Dordon

 

Baddesley Ensor

Edward SCATTERGOOD

Head

Mar

43

Blacksmith

Fillongley

 

Mary A

Wife

Mar

42

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Frederick A

Son

Un

15

 

Coleshill

 

Joseph H

Son

Un

12

Scholar

Coleshill

 

Mary A E

Dau

 

10

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Sarah J

Dau

 

6

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Edward T

Son

 

2

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

12 Speedwell Row

John SMALLWOOD

Head

Mar

47

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

Baddesley Ensor

Emma

Wife

Mar

45

 

Bentley

 

No 2 Baxterley

Eli SMITH

Head

Mar

43

Coal miner

Grendon

Hall Cottages,

Elizabeth

Wife

Mar

40

 

Atherstone

Baxterley

ELI

Son

Un

18

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

 

Susan

Dau

Un

13

 

Baxterley

 

Dick

Son

 

10

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Alice

Dau

 

8

Scholar

Baxterley

 

Joseph

Son

 

6

Scholar

Baxterley

 

James

Son

 

1

 

Baxterley

 

 

Son

 

3 days

 

Baxterley

 

Baddesley Ensor

William SMITH

Head

Mar

45

Coal miner

Atherstone

 

Elizabeth

Wife

Mar

46

 

Atherstone

 

William

Son

Un

20

Coal miner

Atherstone

 

Sarah A

Dau

Un

18

Hat trimmer

Dordon

 

John

Son

Un

16

Coal miner

Dordon

 

Joseph

Son

 

11

Scholar

Dordon

 

Elizabeth

Dau

 

9

Scholar

Baddesley Ensor

 

Kate

Dau

 

2

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Henry DENNIS

G/Son

 

1

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Baxterley

Thomas TILL

Head

Mar

62

Colliery Carpenter

Baddesley Ensor

 

Mary

Wife

Mar

67

 

Baddesley Ensor

 

Roland

Son

Un

27

Colliery Carpenter

Baddesley Ensor

 

Mary J

Dau

Un

19

 

Baxterley

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