1881 census
RG11/498 folio 42 page 8
2 Violet Street, Bromley St Leonard (registration district: Poplar)
William SMALL*, Head, unmarried, 38, Dock Foreman, born Birkington (= Birchington?), Minster, Kent
Mary Ann SMALL*, Mother, Widow, 58, born Hurst Castle, Hampshire
* or SMALE (user-submitted correction)