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Boats at Burslem Wharf: Census details

The records reveal boatmen from all over the region moored up at the wharf at the time of the census.
The location of three of the boatmen (who were at Burslem in 1871) at the time of the 1881 census are detailed at the bottom of the page. 

 

1871 Census: 

1

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Samuel Prince Head Single 26 Captain Nr. Belper, Derbyshire
Emily Cox Single 26 Assistant Nr. Belper, Derbyshire
Hanna Cox Single 30 Assistant Nr. Belper, Derbyshire

2 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
John Ruscoe Head Married 37 Captain Elton Moss, Cheshire
Harriet Ruscoe Wife Married 35 Stoke, Staffordshire
William Ruscoe Son Single 14 Assistant Elton Moss, Cheshire
Thomas Ruscoe Son Single 10 Assistant Elton Moss, Cheshire
John Ruscoe Son  Single 7 Assistant Elton Moss, Cheshire

3 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
John Bradshaw Head Married 35 Captain Birmingham, Warwickshire
Amphas Bradshaw Wife Married 36 Birmingham, Warwickshire
Amphas Bradshaw Daughter Single 11 Assistant Tipton, Staffordshire
John Bradshaw Son Single 8 Assistant Tipton, Staffordshire
Sarah Bradshaw Daughter Single 5 Tipton, Staffordshire
William Bradshaw Son Single 4 Tipton, Staffordshire
Ruth Bradshaw Daughter Single 1 Tipton, Staffordshire

4

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Aaron Jenks Head Married 64 Captain Birchen, Cheshire
Rebecca Jenks Wife Married 64 Sandbach, Cheshire
Peter Theobold 8 Assistant Weelock, Cheshire

5

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Joseph Hodgkinson Head Married 45 Captain Elton Moss, Cheshire
John Collins Single 13 Assistant Elton Moss, Cheshire
William Collins Single 11 Assistant Elton Moss, Cheshire

6 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
William Spilsbury Head Single 20 Boatsman Middlewich, Cheshire
John Spilsbury Single 18 Boatsman Middlewich, Cheshire

7 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Thomas Beckett Head Married 72 Captain Middlewich, Cheshire
Sarah Beckett Wife Married 54 Middlewich, Cheshire

8 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Joseph Wilshaw Head Single 21 Boatman Baddeley Green, Staffordshire

9

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
William Gill Head Married 54 Captain West Bromwich, Staffordshire
Jane Gill Daughter Single 16 Assistant Oldbury, Staffordshire
Fanny Land Granddaughter Single 9 Assistant Oldbury, Staffordshire

10 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Charles Wilson Head Married 34 Captain Forsall, Warwickshire
Martha Wilson Wife Married 32 Hixall, Warwickshire
William Wilson Son Single 12 Assistant Forsall, Warwickshire
Willoughby Wilson Son Single 10 Assistant Forsall, Warwickshire
Betsy Wilson Daughter Single 7 Assistant Forsall, Warwickshire
Charles Wilson Son Single 2 Forsall, Warwickshire

11 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
John Dakin Head Married 50 Captain Leicestershire
Phoebe Dakin Wife Married 51 Tipton, Staffordshire
Phoebe Dakin Daughter Single 17 Assistant Tipton, Staffordshire
Abigail Dakin Daughter Single 7 Assistant Tipton, Staffordshire

12 

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Edwin Rowley Head Married 49 Captain Stourport, Worcs.
Charles Holmes Single 12 Assistant Stone, Staffordshire

 

1881 Census: 

From the census we find that Aaron Jenks is still a boatman, his wife has died in the intervening years and he appears to no longer have an assistant.
Dwelling: Thurlwood Bottom Lock
Census Place: Odd Rode, Cheshire, England

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Aaron JENKS Head Widow 73 Boatman Cheshire

 

Hodgkinson appears to be at home with his wife and children - a number of families at Needhams Bank were boatsmen. 
Dwelling: Needhams Bank
Census Place: Elton In Congleton, Cheshire, England

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
Joseph HODGKINSON Head Married 55 Boatman Elton, Cheshire
Elizabeth HODGKINSON Wife Married 45 Middlewich, Cheshire
Elizabeth A. HODGKINSON Daughter 12 Scholar Elton, Cheshire
Mary HODGKINSON Daughter 9 Scholar Elton, Cheshire


Gill and his family are in Oldbury - the occupiers of 6, 7, 10 and 18 New Meeting Street were all boatmen.  
Dwelling: 6 New Meeting St
Census Place: Oldbury, Worcester, England

Name Position Status Age Employment Place of Birth
William GILL  Head Married 65 Boatman West Bromwich, Staffordshire
Sarah GILL Wife Married 64 Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Charles EDWARDS Grandson Single 15 Oldbury, Worcester
Jane EDWARDS Grandaughter Single 17 Oldbury, Worcester
William BASKETT Lodger Single 24 Labourer Littleton, Worcester
Maria BISSELL Servant Single 13 Stoke On Trent

 


 
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