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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.
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Name of street, Place or Road, and Name or Number of House
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Name and surname of each person who abode in the house on the night of 3rd April
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Relation to head of family
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Condition
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Age
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Rank, profession or Occupation
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Where born
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Grendon Common
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Charles ALBRIGHTON
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Head
|
Mar
|
46
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Coal miner
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Sarah
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
42
|
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Atherstone
|
|
|
Dick
|
Son
|
Un
|
20
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Coal miner
|
Grendon
|
|
|
Charles
|
Son
|
Un
|
19
|
Coal miner
|
Grendon
|
|
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Eliza
|
Dau
|
Un
|
17
|
Hat trimmer
|
Grendon
|
|
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Julia
|
Dau
|
Un
|
11
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
|
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Frances
|
Dau
|
|
9
|
Scholar
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Grendon
|
|
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Priscilla
|
Dau
|
|
7
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
|
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Florence E
|
Dau
|
|
4
|
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Grendon
|
|
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Sarah M
|
Dau
|
|
5mths
|
|
Grendon
|
|
Bingham Row,
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Richard ARCHER
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Head
|
Mar
|
31
|
Coal miner
|
Baddesley
|
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Atherstone
|
Emma
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
28
|
Hat Trimmer
|
Baddesley
|
|
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William Blount
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Son
|
|
9
|
Scholar
|
Atherstone
|
|
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Joseph
|
Son
|
|
7
|
Scholar
|
Atherstone
|
|
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Ada Selina
|
Dau
|
|
6
|
Scholar
|
Atherstone
|
|
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Arthur
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Son
|
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2
|
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Atherstone
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|
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Mary Jane
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Dau
|
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9mths
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Atherstone
|
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Baddesley Ensor
|
John ATKINS
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Head
|
Mar
|
34
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Deputy in coal mine
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Baddesley
|
|
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Eliza
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
30
|
|
Baddesley
|
|
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George E
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Son
|
|
4
|
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Baddesley
|
|
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Frank
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Son
|
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2
|
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Baddesley
|
|
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Harriet
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Sister
|
Un
|
22
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Domestic servant
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Baddesley
|
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Grendon Common
|
George BALL
|
Head
|
Mar
|
53
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Carpenter
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Grendon
|
|
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Jane
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
53
|
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Baddesley
|
|
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George
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Son
|
Un
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30
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Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Amos
|
Son
|
Un
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25
|
Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Thomas
|
Son
|
Un
|
19
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Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Catherine
|
Dau
|
Un
|
17
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Dom Servant
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Grendon
|
|
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Joseph
|
Son
|
Un
|
16
|
Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Richard
|
Son
|
Un
|
15
|
Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Letitia
|
Dau
|
Un
|
13
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
|
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Henry
|
Son
|
|
8
|
Scholar
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Grendon
|
|
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Jane Evans
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Bord
|
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6
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Scholar
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Baxterley
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Baddesley Ensor
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Joseph BALL
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Head
|
Mar
|
46
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Colliery Engineer
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Baddesley Ensor
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|
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Harriet
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Wife
|
Mar
|
45
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Castle Bromwich
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|
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William
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Son
|
Un
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23
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Colliery Engineer
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|
|
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Joseph
|
Son
|
Un
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14
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Colliery Err.
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Baxterley
|
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No 8 Baxterley
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Thomas BESSON
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Head
|
Mar
|
48
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Coal miner
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Baxterley
|
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Hall Cottages
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Ann
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
37
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Higham-on-hill
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Baxterley
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Joseph
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Son
|
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12
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Scholar
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Baxterley
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|
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William
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Son
|
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10
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
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Alfred
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Son
|
|
6
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
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Arthur
|
Son
|
|
3
|
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Baxterley
|
|
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Henry
|
Son
|
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1
|
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Baxterley
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Grendon
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William BLOWER
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Head
|
Mar
|
25
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Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Eliza
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
22
|
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Aston, Birmingham
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|
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Bertha E
|
Dau
|
|
2
|
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Aston, Birmingham
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Grendon
|
Samuel BOONHAM
|
Head
|
Mar
|
49
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Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
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Sarah
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
47
|
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Polesworth
|
|
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John
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Son
|
|
9
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Scholar
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Grendon
|
|
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William
|
Son
|
|
5
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
|
No 1 Baxterley
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Joseph CLAY
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Head
|
Mar
|
50
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Coal miner
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Chilvers Coton
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Hall Cottages,
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Elizabeth
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
42
|
|
Attleborough
|
|
Baxterley
|
William
|
Son
|
Un
|
18
|
Coal miner
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
|
Sarah
|
Dau
|
Un
|
13
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
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Susan L
|
Dau
|
Un
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11
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
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Joseph
|
Son
|
|
8
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
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Florence A
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Dau
|
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4
|
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Baxterley
|
|
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Frederick B
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Son
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1
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Baxterley
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No 3 Baxterley
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Edward COLLINS
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Head
|
Mar
|
47
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Coal miner
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Birmingham
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Hall Cottages,
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Elizabeth
|
Wife
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Mar
|
44
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Newport
|
|
Baxterley
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Sarah
|
Dau
|
Un
|
19
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Gen servant
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Walsall STS
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|
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John
|
Son
|
Un
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16
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Coal miner's boy
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|
|
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Edward
|
Son
|
Un
|
12
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Jane
|
Dau
|
|
10
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
|
Charlotte
|
Dau
|
|
5
|
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Baxterley
|
|
|
Enoch
|
Son
|
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8mths
|
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Baxterley
|
|
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Elizabeth R Thursman
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G/Dau
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1
|
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LEC Morton
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Grendon Common
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Charles DAY
|
Head
|
Mar
|
51
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Coal miner
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
|
Eliza
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
49
|
|
Grendon
|
|
|
William
|
Son
|
Un
|
21
|
Coal miner
|
Grendon
|
|
|
Thomas
|
Son
|
Un
|
19
|
Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
|
Charles
|
Son
|
|
13
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
|
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Henry
|
Son
|
|
10
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
|
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Eliza
|
Dau
|
|
7
|
Scholar
|
Grendon
|
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Speedwell Row,
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Joseph DAY
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Head
|
Mar
|
30
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Coal miner
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Grendon
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
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Ann
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
35
|
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Witherley
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|
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Alfred C
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Son
|
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6
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Scholar
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Baxterley
|
|
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William H
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Son
|
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2
|
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Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Joseph T
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Son
|
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5mths
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
Bingham Row,
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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
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Gen labourer
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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George
|
Son
|
|
9
|
Scholar
|
Merevale
|
|
Merevale Hall Merevale
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William Stratford DUGDALE
|
Head
|
Mar
|
52
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Magistrate
|
London
|
|
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Alice Frances
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
35
|
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Clapham SUR
|
|
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Edgar Trevelyan
|
Son
|
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4
|
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Merevale
|
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Polesworth,
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Charles EVANS
|
Head
|
Mar
|
31
|
Coal miner
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Cinderford GLS
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|
Birchmoor
|
Emma
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
30
|
|
Hillwood GLS
|
|
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Thomas
|
Son
|
|
10
|
Scholar
|
Little Deans Hill GLS
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|
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Matilda
|
Dau
|
|
8
|
Scholar
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Cinderford GLS
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|
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Clara
|
Dau
|
|
6
|
Scholar
|
Cinderford GLS
|
|
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Samuel
|
Son
|
|
4
|
Scholar
|
Cinderford GLS
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|
No 12 Baxterley
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Dick EVANS
|
Head
|
Mar
|
26
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Coal miner
|
Dordon
|
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Hall Cottages,
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Mary
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
24
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
Baxterley
|
William
|
Son
|
|
4
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Mary A
|
Dau
|
|
3
|
|
Atherstone
|
|
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Frederick
|
Son
|
|
1
|
|
Baxterley
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
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John EVANS
|
Head
|
Mar
|
24
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Coal miner
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Polesworth
|
|
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Sarah A
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Wife
|
Mar
|
24
|
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Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Beatrice A
|
Dau
|
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3
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Joseph
|
Son
|
|
1
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
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Rose Cottages,
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Joseph HORTON
|
Head
|
Mar
|
34
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Coal miner
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Baddesley Ensor
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
Mary
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
34
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Joseph
|
Son
|
Un
|
13
|
Coal miner
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Benjamin
|
Son
|
|
11
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Elizabeth
|
Dau
|
|
9
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Ellen
|
Dau
|
|
8
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Lavinia
|
Dau
|
|
6
|
Scholar
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Jane
|
Dau
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3
|
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
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Alice
|
Dau
|
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1
|
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Baddesley Ensor
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Boot Lane,
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William HORTON
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Head
|
Mar
|
56
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Coal miner
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Polesworth
|
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Baddesley Ensor
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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
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Witherley
|
|
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Elizabeth
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
31
|
|
Witherley
|
|
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Amy
|
Dau
|
|
7
|
|
Witherley
|
|
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George
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Brother
|
Un
|
26
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Coal miner's lab
|
Witherley
|
|
Baxterley
|
John PARKER
|
Head
|
Mar
|
57
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Colliery manager
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Codnor, DBY
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|
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Sarah
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Wife
|
Mar
|
51
|
|
Baxterley
|
|
|
William
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Son
|
Un
|
14
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
|
Sarah A
|
Dau
|
|
8
|
Scholar
|
Baxterley
|
|
|
Elizabeth ROSS
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Moth/L
|
W
|
86
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|
Nuneaton
|
|
Colliery Agent's
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John POGMORE
|
Head
|
Mar
|
57
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Colliery agent
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Hurdsfield, CHS
|
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House,
|
Frances
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
58
|
|
Sutton
|
|
Merevale
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Harriet Ashton
|
Dau
|
Un
|
30
|
|
Merevale
|
|
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Francis Herbert
|
Son
|
Un
|
26
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Solicitor
|
Merevale
|
|
|
Harriet Atkins
|
Serv
|
Un
|
33
|
Gen serv
|
Baddesley Ensor
|
|
|
John Marler Stanton
|
Vis
|
Un
|
27
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Plumber
|
Atherstone
|
|
Grendon Common
|
Henry RADFORD
|
Head
|
Mar
|
50
|
Coal miner
|
Atherstone
|
|
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Catherine
|
Wife
|
Mar
|
48
|
|
Atherstone
|
|
|
Henry
|
Son
|
Un
|
25
|
Coal miner
|
Grendon
|
|
Polesworth
|
John ROSS
|
Head
|
Mar
|
41
|
Coal miner
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Baxterley
|
|
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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
|
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