1861 & 1871 Census Lookup - Margate - HILLS

[chichi]

Hi

I have traced my ancester ALBERT E. HILLS, b.1852, Faversham Kent on the 1881 and 1901 census records.  Nicky kindly assisted me with a lookup on the 1891 census records.

Is anyone able to help look up the 1861 and 1871 census records, so I might be able to see other members of his household?  He would have been about 19 years old in 1871 and 9 years old in 1861.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many Thanks

Chi Chi

[kated]

Hi,

Do you perhaps have an address from 1891 census in Faversham or an area? the 1861 census is not indexed and Faversham is a sizable chunk of pages to search.

Kate

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi ChiChi

These are the only hits for your Albert on the 1871 census.  There is only 1 that looks a match, but his birth place is incorrect?

Name Age Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
 
Albert Hills 8  Great Chart, Kent, England Son  Ashford  Kent   
Albert Hills 11  Bexley Heath, Kent, England Son  Bexley  Kent   
Albert Hills 18  Chalk, Kent, England Son  Chalk  Kent   
Albert Hills 7  Crayford, Kent, England Son  Crayford  Kent   
Albert Hills 20  Faversham, Kent, England Pauper Inmate  Faversham  Kent   
Albert Hills 5  Faversham, Kent, England Son  Faversham  Kent   
Albert Hills 8  Bredgar, Kent, England Son  Hinxhill  Kent   
Albert Hills 5  Great Cornard, Suffolk, England Son  Leigh  Kent   
Albert Hills 21  Eynsford, Kent, England Stepson  Maidstone  Kent   
Albert Hills 23  Sevenoaks, Kent, England Brother  Sevenoaks  Kent   
Albert Hills 5  Speldhurst, Kent, England Son  Speldhurst  Kent   
Albert Hills 4  Canterbury, Kent, England Son  St Mildred  Kent   
Albert B Hills 7  Deptford, Kent, England Son  St Paul Deptford  London   
Albert E Hills 1  Ashford, Kent, England Son  St Paul  Kent   
Albert J Hills 12  Burpham, Sussex, England Son  Burpham  Kent   
Albert N Hills 1  Borden, Kent, England Son  Borden  Kent   
Albert William Hills 14  Willingham, Sussex, England Visitor  Tonbridge  Kent

Chris in 1066Land   

[chichi]

Hi Kate and Chris

Thanks for your help.

Kate - On the 1881 and 1891 census it shows his birthplace as Faversham Kent but on the 1901 census it shows his birthplace as Ospringe - not sure why that is? 

On the 1881 census it shows him living at 19 Brockley Road, Margate and on the 1891 and 1901 census he was living at 2 Bethel Cottages, Margate. Does that help at all?

Chris - Do you think people recorded different birthplaces on the census?

Thanks again.

Chi Chi

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi ChiChi

Chris - Do you think people recorded different birthplaces on the census?

I do not think they did it intentionally, and we dont know how the enumerator asked the question.

If he asked "where did you come from"?, maybe they told the truth and said their last place of residence; but if he asked "where were you born" then obviously it would be a different answer.

I usually get a map and see how close the locations are - they could be born in a small hamlet or village, but name the nearest town.

I was born in a small village in Nottinghamshire called Normanton on Soar - but when people ask me where I was born I usually say, Loughborough in Leicestershire. - (Loughborough is the nearest town  4 miles away, but on the north side of the river that runs through the vilage I was born in - so makes it in a different county)

Chris in 1066Land

[kated]

Hi,

I cannot find Albert HILLS in 1861 in Ospringe although there are a few HILLS households so I think you're getting close. Wish this was indexed. Does anyone have him in 1871?

Kate

[casalguidi]

Could this be him 

1861

High Street, Milton near Sittingbourne, Kent

Henry BU(R?)LEY head mar 52 tailor b.Sittingbourne
Maria wife 55 b.Frinstead
Valentine son 22 tanner b.Sittingbourne
William son 13 b.Sittingbourne
Esther Elizabeth dau 9 b.Milton
Albert HILLS nephew 9 b.Faversham

RG9/528 folio 173 page 11

Casalguidi

[casalguidi]

A possible 1871 

Faversham Union Workhouse

Albert HILLS pauper inmate unm 20 formerly a clerk b.Faversham

RG10/979 folio 120 page 3

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