Some Famous People found on the Census !

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ALEXANDRA GRAHAM BELL inventer of the telephone found on washington census 1881
Alexander G. BELL   Self   M   Male   W   33   SCOT   Prof. Of Electrician   SCOT   
Mabel G BELL   Wife   M   Female   W   22   MA   Keeping House     
Elsie May BELL   Dau   S   Female   W   2   ENG      SCOT   
Estella BELL   Dau   S   Female   W   3M   DC      SCOT   
Nancy JOHNSON   Other   S   Female   MU   24   VA   Servant   
Alice MOUSLEY   Other   S   Female   W   24   NY   Servant

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How about the inventer of the toilet system
the one and only Thomas Crapper who was buried in the same cementry as W G Grace and Thomas wolsey in Beckenham  found on 1881 census in Acton West London

George CRAPPER   Head   M   Male   58   Thorne, York,Plumber   
Matilda CRAPPER   Wife   M   Female   49   Scratby, Norfolk,     
Sarah CRAPPER   Daur   U   Female   24   Chelsea       
THOMAS CRAPPER   Son   U   Male   19   Chelsea   Plumber                         
Henry CRAPPER   Son   U   Male   17   Chelsea                                             
Emma CRAPPER   Daur   U   Female   11   Chelsea                                               
Maria CRAPPER   Daur   U   Female   6   Kensington                                       
Mary Anne AMISS   Servant   U   Female   20   Yarmouth, Norfolk,

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Thomas Crapper.....may...or may not have invented the flush toilet.

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp

But it is a fun story.

Alice

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No arguments John Sainsbury did start the big supermarket. My Grandfather when a boy used to deliver his newspaper when John lived in Bromley Hill

Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
 John J. SAINSBURY   Head   M   Male   36   Lambeth, Surrey,   Merchant 
Mary Ann SAINSBURY   Wife   M   Female   31   St Pancras,     
John B. SAINSBURY   Son      Male   10   St Giles,                                       
George SAINSBURY   Son      Male   8   St Giles,     
Alice SAINSBURY   Daur      Female   5   St Pancras, Middlesex,       
Frank SAINSBURY   Son      Male   3   St Pancras,     
Louisa SAINSBURY   Daur      Female   2   St Pancras,       
Arthur SAINSBURY   Son      Male   11 m   St Pancras,

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Jesse boot living at 16 Goosegate
                                 Nottingham St Mary
                                Nottingham 

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I found this on Family Org......... don't tell the kids 


Santa CLAUS   
    Birth Date: 15 Jan 1944 
    Death Date: 26 Aug 2003     
    State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  Illinois
 

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Emily Pankhurst nee Emmeline Goulden in 1881 at 3 Chester Road (1 Quayton Terrace)  Stretford, Lancashire, England


Richard Marsden PANKHURST  Head   44   Stoke, Stafford Barrister In Active Practice     
Emiline PANKHURST   Wife   Female   22   Manchester, Lancashire   
Christobel Harriet PANKHURST   Daur  6 m   Stretford, Lancashire   
 Katherine Jane KNEOLE   Servant 18   Kirk Lonan, Isle of Man, England   Cook (Domestic)     
 Amelia Ann KNEOLE   Servant  Kirk Lonan, Isle of Man, England   Housemaid (Domestic)     

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A couple of Missouri's own.
1860 Census  Clay County, Missouri

Jesse James 12
Alexander James  16   (Alexander Franklin better known as Frank)

Good site for those interested in the James genealogy  http://www.ericjames.org/Meet_Phil_Stewart.html/

Pat

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As it's the Jane Austen season on TV here in the UK here is

Calandra Anesten (Ancestry transcription!) better known as Cassandra AUSTEN sister of Jane

HO107/381/11 folio 7 page 8
living Chawton, Hampshire

Cassandra AUSTEN aged 65 Ind Y
Henry AUSTEN 65 clergyman Y
Eleanor AUSTEN 45 N
plus a few servants