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Census returns for The Old Parsonage

The Old Parsonage

1841Thomas Shann Clergyman
Thomas Hewitt (45) M.S.
Martha Hewitt (50) F.S.
Sarah Hewitt (20) F.S.
Martha Hewitt (14)
1851Thomas Shann Head u (44) Vicar of Hampsthwaite b.Tadcaster
Thomas Hewitt serv. (56) gardner b. Weighton
Martha Hewitt serv. (63)(sic) b. Ulleskelf
Martha Hewitt serv. (24)
1861John M. Ward Head m (42) Vicar of Hampsthwaite b.Ceylon
Arabella Ward wife m (25) b.York
Lucy C, Ward dau. (2) b. Hampsthwaite
Arabella F. Ward dau (4 months) b. Hampsthwaite
Mary Lewis serv. s. (18) Cook b.Haxby
Mary Wilkinson serv. s. (19) Nurse b. DUR Houghton-le-Spring
1871Henry Dick (sic) Head m (52) Vicar of Hampsthwaite Owner 550 acres b. Bury St. Edmunds
Anne J. Dick wife m (52) b. Hull
Jessie E. Dick dau. s. (21) b. MDX Islington
Mary Dalby serv. s. (15) Housemaid b. Hampsthwaite
1881 VicarageHenry Deck (sic) m Head (62) Vicar of Hampsthwaite b.Bury St. Edmunds
Jessie Deck unmar. dau. (31) no calling b.Islington Mdx
Margaret Deck unmar. sister (68) no calling b.Bury St Edmunds
Anna M. Savery unmar. boarder (39) no calling b.Upper Clifford Mdx
Martha Ward unm. serv. (20) housemaid b.Leeds
Mary Ann Umpleby unm. serv. (23) Cook b. Darley
1891 VicarageHenry Deck m. (72) Clerk in Holy Orders b. Suffolk Bury St Edmunds
Henry R. Deck Son s. (44) Retired Solicitor living on own means b.Lancs Manchester
Jessie C. Deck dau. s. (41) b. Mdx Islington
Isabella Hodgson serv. s. (25) Cook-domestic servant b. Cumberland Keswick
Clara A. Forest serv. s. (17) Housemaid b. Hampsthwaite
1901 VicarageHerbert J. Peck Head m. (32) Clergyman Church of England b. Cambridge
Edith M. Peck wife m. f. (32) b. Salop Oswestry
Geraldine E. Peck dau. s. f. (2) b. Hampsthwaite
Eleanor C. Jones sister-in-law s. f. (15) b. Salop Oswestry
Sarah E. Vertigan serv. s. f. (20) Cook Domestic b. Otley
Helen L. Carter serv. s. f. (18) Housemaid b.Cambridge
Census returns for The Old Parsonage

The Old Parsonage