Some Famous People found on the Census !

[Bill749]

1841 - Buckingham Palace: The Queen, aged 20; H.R.H. Prince Albert, aged 20, "Foreign Parts".
1841 - Devonshire Terrace, St Marylebone: Charles Dickens, 29, Gent, Catherine do., 26, Charles Dickens, 4.
1851 - 28 Dean St, Westminster: Charles Marks, 32, Doctor (Philosophical author), Prussia
1861 - 51 Avonmore Road, Fulham: Edward W Elgar, 33, Professor of Music
1881 - 52 Palace Street, Canterbury: Mary Caldwell, 7 (Mary Tourtel - author of Rupert Bear)

Bill

[peterb]

Here is someone in 1881 who is about to leave school and join the Navy.

Robert F(alcon) SCOTT Pupil Male 12  Plymouth, Devon, England Scholar
Stubbington House Boarding School
Titchfield, Hampshire, England
RG11 1171 / 42 / 27

PeteB

[ShaunJ]

For all Biggles fans out there:

1901 Hertford RG13/1305 folio106 p.37

Richard W E Johns 34 working (tailor) shopkeeper b. Okehampton
Elizabeth Johns 32  b. Hertford
William E Johns 8  do
Russel E Johns 5  do
Alice Hill 15  general servant domestic

http://www.wejohns.com/Biography/Biography1/

[Necromancer]

'twas brillig .....

Interesting that Lewis Carroll delayed entering Holy Orders in late 1861 until after staying with his Speech therapist .... maybe his stammer was the reason ?

1861 - RG9/559; Folio: 85; Page: 23 - Ore, Sussex

Ore House
 
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 29  Boarder MA Student, Christ Church Oxford; Daresbury, Cheshire

James Hunt 28  Head Psellismologist Dorset, Swanage
Heneritte Maria Hunt 22  Wife
Amy Heneritta Hunt 4  dau
Elizabeth Hunt 26  Sister

Clarissa Freeman 21  Boarder
Selina Harrington 32  do
George Thomas Hine 19  do

[White Lady]

What an interesting topic this is.  It is great to see all the members of the families of these famous people.  It is like reading a good book. 

Christina

[MJP]

First Prime Minister of Canada 

Young Harry must be a mistranscription of daughter Margaret Mary, b. 1869. 

1881
St. George's Ward, Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
Sir Jno. MACDONALD, Scottish, 66, b. Scotland, Premier Of Dominion, Presbyterian 
Lady Susan A. MACDONALD, English, 42, b. Jamaica <West Indies>, Church of England 
Harry M. MACDONALD, Scottish, 12, b. Ontario, Presbyterian 
Sarah CHILTON, English, 40, b. England, Servant, Church of England 
Rosa MCCORMACK, Irish, 26, b. Scotland, Servant, Catholic 
Julia BURNS, Irish, 26, b. Ireland, Servant, Catholic 

[liverpool annie]

Here's a weird one !! this explanation has been added to the record !!

Explanation:
I believe this is 3 1/2-year-old Norma Jean Baker, later known as Marilyn Monroe. She is with her mother, Gladys Baker, in the home of her foster parents, Albert and Ida Bolender. I believe the census-taker must have combined the information of an unlisted elderly widowed resident in the household (who immigrated from England in 1870) on Gladys and Norma Jean's lines. It is evident there is a mistake since based on Gladys' stated age, it would have been impossible for her to immigrate in 1870

1930

Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California

Norma Jean Baker [Marilyn Monroe]  63 Indiana Boarder

Abers W Bolander 46
Edna E Bolander 42
Lester Bolander 3 8/12
Gladys Baker 27 Actress
Norma Jean Baker 63

1930 Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California

[shellyesq]

Here's some from my side of the pond:

Name: John F Kennedy
Home in 1920: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Age: 2 years 1 month
Estimated birth year: abt 1917
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of House: Son 
Father's name: Joseph P
Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts 
Mother's name: Rose F
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts 
Marital Status: Single 
Race: White
Sex: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph P Kennedy 31  (a banker)
Rose F Kennedy 29 
J Joseph P Kennedy 4 1/12 
John F Kennedy 2 1/12 
Rose Mary Kennedy 1 2/12 
Mary O'Donaline 30 
Alice Michelon 26 
(last two were servants)

Interestingly enough, their home was mortgaged.


Name: John F Kennedy
Home in 1930: Bronxville, Westchester, New York
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1918 
Relation to Head of House: Son 
Father's name: Joseph P
Mother's name: Rose

Household Members:
Name     Age
Joseph P Kennedy 41 
Rose Kennedy 39 
Joseph P Kennedy 14 
John F Kennedy 12 
Rosmary Kennedy 11 
Kathleen Kennedy 19 
Eunice Kennedy 8 
Patricia Kennedy 5 
Robert Kennedy 4 
Jean Kennedy 2 
Marguerite Lynch 26 
Bridie Mooney 22 
Margaret Ruddy 23 
Margaret Ambrose 29 
Catherine Conboy 48 
Irene Hale 40 

(There were 5 servants, all from Ireland, and one governess.)

The house was worth $250,000 and they had a radio set.

[KathMc]

Interestingly enough, their home was mortgaged.

The money actually came in the next decade, from ... and that's why five servants in 1930 

Kath