Census return for the Parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London, 1861, Catalogue ref: RG 9/17.
This page from the 1861 census for a parish in Kensington provides an insight into the nature of employment and social class in the area.
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| Parish (or Township) of St Mayr Abbotts | Town of Kensington | Ecclesiastical District of St Johns | ||||||||||
| Number on census | Road/Street or Name of House | HOUSES | Name and Surname of each person | Relation to Head of family | Married or not | Age of | Profession or Occupation | Where Born |
Whether Blind, or Deaf and Dumb
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| In-habited | Unin-habited | |||||||||||
| Males | Females | |||||||||||
| 133 | 2 Claremount Cottages
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David Bayley | Lodger | Un [unmarried] | 18 | Draper’s assistance | Middlesex, Hadley
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| 134 |
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Adolphus A. Sherlock | Lodger | Un | 22 | do [ditto: as above] | Ireland, Dublin
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| 135 | 1 Claremont Cottages | 1 |
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Michael Williams | Head | Mar [married] | 45 | Railway Carriage fitter | Lancashire, Liverpool
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| Margaret Williams | Wife | Mar. | 40 | Middlesex, Paddington | ||||||||
| Anne do. | Daur [daughter] | Un | 19 | General Servant | Do., Do., | |||||||
| Charles do. | Son | Un | 16 | Apprentice to gas fitter | Do., Do., | |||||||
| 136 | Jane Dagworthy | Head | Widow | 46 | Fishmonger | Do., Chelsea | ||||||
| Edward do. | Son | Un | 21 | Omnibus horse keeper | Do., Kensington | |||||||
| Miriam do. | Daur | Un | 20 | Servant out of place | Do., Do., | |||||||
| Charles do. | Son | Un | 17 | Coster Monger | Do., Do., | |||||||
| Ellen do. | Daur. | 16 | Servant | Do., Do., | ||||||||
| Thomas do. | Son | 9 | Scholar | Do., Do., | ||||||||
| Richard do. | Son | 7 | do. | Do., Do., | ||||||||
| Charlotte do. | Daur | 5 | do. | Do., Do., | ||||||||
| Joseph Webb | Nephew | Un | 21 | Coster Monger | Do., Do., | |||||||
| 137 | 2, Cousins Cottages | Matilda Cozens | Head | Widow | 59 | Keeper of shop with sweetmeats and Chandlery, | Do., Stepney | |||||
| 138 | Robert . E. Farr | Lodger | Unm | 28 | Plasterer | Devon, Chillington | ||||||
| 139 | William Gillian | Do. | Unm. | 23 | works a Retort maker | Somersetshire, Bristol | ||||||
| 140 | 3, Cousins Cottages | John Relly | Head | Mar. | 34 | Picture framers gilder | Middlesex, St. Martins. | |||||
| Susan do. | Wife | Mar. | 32 | Do. | ||||||||
| John do. | Son | 13 | Errand boy | Do., Newport Market | ||||||||
| Thomas do | Son | 9 | Scholar | Do., | ||||||||
| Susan do. | Daur. | 7 | do. | Do., | ||||||||
| Maria do. | Daur | 5 | do. | Do., | ||||||||
| Esther do. | Daur. | 1 | Do., Pimlico | |||||||||
| Total of Houses… | 4 | Total of Males and Females | 13 | 12-Jan | ||||||||