Please note Hillyard Street was called Russell Street in 1881 – see here.
Kelly’s Directory 1881 tells us that at 27 Russell Street was Mrs Harriet, a midwife.
Click here to see where this property would have stood on a modern day map.
Expanding on the info taken from Kelly’s Directory and looking at the Census we find out a little more…
The 1871 census shows that ‘Mrs Harriet’ is actually called Harriet White, seen below living with her son, daughter in–law, a granddaughter and a lodger. Looking at the 1881 Census Mrs White’s family has moved out, as has the lodger. It appears that Mrs White; still a Midwife and now quite elderly is letting her rooms out to a variety of lodgers. It is unclear as to why Mrs White’s place of birth differs from one census to the other. Mrs Harriet, or Mrs White more accurately is also a good example of Kelly’s Directory printing a mistake.
Info from 1871 Census:
Name | Relation to head of household | Age | Year born | Town of birth | City of birth | Country of birth | Profession |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harriett White | Head | 62 | abt 1809 | Clerkenwell | Middlesex | England | Midwife |
George Nicholls | Son (?) | 51 | abt 1820 | Clerkenwell | Middlesex | England | Packer in Glass Warehouse |
Eliza Nicholls | Daughter | 26 | abt 1845 | Clerkenwell | Middlesex | England | / |
Caroline Nicholls | Granddaughter | 8 | abt 1863 | Brixton | Surrey | England | / |
George Collings | Lodger | 20 | abt 1851 | / | / | / | Stonemason |
Info from 1881 Census:
Name | Relation to head of household | Age | Year born | Town of birth | City of birth | Country of birth | Profession |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harriett White | Widower | 71 | abt 1809 | Brixton | Surrey | England | Midwife |
Charlotte Rose | Visitor | 21 | abt 1860 | Brixton | Surrey | England | Servant |
William Wican | Lodger | 21 | abt 1860 | Lambeth | Surrey | England | Labourer |
Elizabeth Sulk | Lodger (Widower) | 49 | abt 1831 | / | Essex | England | Dressmaker |
Barney Sulk | Lodger | 22 | abt 1859 | Mayfair | Middlesex | England | Labourer |
Mary Eskins | Lodger | 31 | abt 1850 | / | / | Wales | Laundress |