Some Famous People found on the Census !

[coltman]

1871 census
Stonyhurst College Educational Establishment, Clitheroe, Chipping

Arthur Doyle aged 11 scholar born mid lothian edinburgh

edward purbrick was his principal

andy

[piedstilt]

Re Brunel above. This Isambard is actually is actually Isambard Kingdom's son.

The only reason I know this is that I have been researching my husband's gg-grandfather, an irrascible and eccentric engineer named Robert Mudge Marchant. I came across this note on a web page:

The Battle of Mickleton Tunnel took place in the Vale of Evesham in 1851 when Brunel’s private army of 3,000 navvies fought the army of a disgruntled contractor who was backed by the forces of the local magistrates and armed police. The contractor, Mudge-Marchant, had stopped work on the tunnel as he was owed £34,000 by the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. Brunel, as company engineer, had been instructed to evict Mudge-Marchant and his men who had commandeered the site. (Mudge-Marchant was, coincidentally, Brunel’s second cousin). This is thought to have been the last battle fought by private armies on British soil.

I was intrigued about the detail about the two being second cousins and have since managed to establish the link!

Ros

[saar3]

Here's Thomas Hardy in 1881:

  Dwelling   1 Trinity Road
  Census Place Wandsworth, Surrey, England
  Family History Library Film   1341153
  Public Records Office Reference   RG11
  Piece / Folio   0659 / 91
  Page Number   5

Thomas HARDY   Head   M   Male   40   Brockhampton, Dorset, England   Author & Novelist     
Emma L. HARDY   Wife   M   Female   35   Plymouth, Devon, England       
Mary HAND   Servant   U   Female   34   Melbury, Dorset, England   Servant Domestic 

[saar3]

And here's a good one.

The future Prime Minister in the household of his Uncle Richard in 1881:

Dwelling   3 Tanygrisiau Ter
  Census Place Criccieth, Caernarvon, Wales
  Family History Library Film   1342334
  Public Records Office Reference   RG11
  Piece / Folio   5555 / 26
  Page Number   19

Richard LLOYD   Head   U   Male   46   Criccieth, Caernarvon, Wales   Pastor Of A Christian Church     
Elizabeth LLOYD   Sister   W   Female   52   Criccieth, Caernarvon, Wales   Formerly Farmers Wife     
Mary Ellen GEORGE   Niece      Female   19   Newchurch, Lancashire, England   Formerly Farmers Daughter     
David Ll. GEORGE   Nephew   U   Male   18   Manchester, Lancashire, England   Solicitors Articled Clerk     
William GEORGE   Nephew      Male   16   Llanystumdwy, Caernarvon, Wales   Scholar 

[peterbennett]

Hi All
       " Found" this one some time ago and it as always stuck in my mind.

Joseph"John" Carey Merrick better known as the Elephant man

1881 RG11-3172-F  "Leicester Union Workhouse" Sparkenhoe St Leicester

Joseph Merrick inmate single 19 Hawker born Leicester


                "Tis true my form is something odd,
                  But blaming me is blaming God;
                  Could I create myself anew
                   I would not fail in pleasing you.
                   If I could reach from pole to pole
                   Or grasp the ocean with a span,
                   I would be measured by the soul;
                   The mind's the standard of the man."

now of to find a more cheerful subject.

peterbennett

[Manchester Rambler]

Two musicians for the price of one in 1901 - Vaughan Williams and Gustave Holst.

10 Barton St, Westminster

Ralph V Williams 28  Down Ampney, Wiltshire, England Head  Music Teacher
Gustavus T Von Holst 26  Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Visitor    Trombone Player  
Lily Diamond 20  Middlesex, England Servant  

RG13/91; Folio 16; Page 23

MR

[yorkshirelass]

i was looking through 1837whites directories for keighley, saw tetley tea dealers, might not be THE tetley but humoured me anyway.

[Manchester Rambler]

WW1 poet, Wifred Owen:
 
7 Elm Grove, Birkenhead

Thomas Owen 38  Nantwich, Cheshire, England Head        
Harriet S Owen 34  Oswestry, Shropshire, England Wife  
Wilfred E Owen 8  Oswestry, Shropshire, England Son  
Mary M Owen 4  Oswestry, Shropshire, England Daughter
William H Owen 3  Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Son    
Colin S Owen 8 months  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Son
Jennie Radley 17  Oxton, Cheshire, England Servant  

RG13/3395; Folio 82; Page 25

MR

[Arranroots]

Hey Manchester Rambler - is that Diamond Lil you have there with your musicians!!