This is the census return for Mary Seacole c.1805-1881. Mary Seacole worked tirelessly during the Crimean war nursing and caring for soldiers injured on the battlefields of the Crimean War (1853–6). Until the 1970s, historians have exclusively focused on the contribution of her contemporary Florence Nightingale.
Registration Sub-District 2B St John Paddington. Civil Parish, Township or Place: Paddington, 1881. Catalogue ref: RG 11/16
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The undermentioned houses are situate[d] within the Boundaries of | |||||||||
City or Municipal Borough of | Parliamentary Borough of | Ecclesiastical parish or district of | |||||||
Paddington, Marylebone | Marylebone | St. John’s | |||||||
No. of
Schedule
|
Rd., St., No. Name of
House |
Houses:
Occupied. Un-occupied |
Name &
Surname Of each person |
Relation to Head of Family | Condition as to
Marriage |
Age last
Birthday |
Rank
Profession Occupation |
Where born | Deaf/dumb
Blind Imbecile/idiot Lunatic |
94 | 2, Cambridge St. | 1 | Maria J. Gardiner | Head | Widow | 65 | None | New York, USA | America |
George F. ditto | Son | Unmarried | 32 | Civil Engineer | London | ||||
Mary Large | Cousin | “ | 60 | Ireland, Cork | |||||
Harriet Gorway | Servant | 67 | Housekeeper | London | |||||
95 | 3 Do. Do. | 1 | Sarah Newton | Head | Married | 71 | None | Middlesex Poplar | |
Mary Collingwood | Widow | 52 | Nurse | Surrey | |||||
Caroline Hayes | Servant | Unmarried | 62 | Cook | Middlesex St. Giles | ||||
Mary Seacole | Lodger | Widow | 71 | Independent | Kingston Jamaica W.I. | ||||
Rose Boydon | Visitor | Unmarried | 46 | Do. | Do. | ||||
96 | 4 Do. Do. | 1 | James William Chandler | Head | Married | 45 | Victualler | Middlesex, Westminster | |
Harriet Do. | Wife | “ | 44 | Do. Marylebone | |||||
Eliza Do. | Daughter | Unmarried | 17 | Surrey, Lambeth | |||||
Charlotte Randon | Visitor | “ | 40 | Servant | Nottinghamshire, Stapleford | ||||
Alfred Worsop | Do. | “ | 21 | Bat Maker | Do. Nottingham | ||||
Mary Donelly | Servant | Unmarried | 18 | Bar maid | Surrey, Bagshot | ||||
|
Ellen Clark | Do. | “ | 27 | Servant | Norfolk, Besthorpe | |||
97 | 5 Do. Do. | 1 | John Roberts | Head | Married
|
50 | Lodging house keeper | North Wales. [Bala] | |
Mary Do. | Wife | Married | 41 | Derbyshire, [Clowne] | |||||
John | Son | Unmarried | 4 | Middlesex |