Please note Hillyard Street was called Russell Street in 1881 – see here.
Kelly’s Directory 1881 tells us that at 8 Russell Street was Alfred Boulton, a builder.
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…
Mr Boulton appears on the Census of both 1881 and 1891 listed under Bolton. It is unclear whether the spelling of his surname is incorrect on the Census or in Kelly’s Directory however. By 1891 his family lineup is somewhat different, his sons Henry and John and his daughter Esther appear to have left home. Ernest remains living at home, joined by two younger brothers. There is no sign of the young female infant shown as being 4 days old on the 1881 Census, perhaps she did not survive, after all according to statistics 140 to 170 of every 1000 infants born in Lambeth in 1882 did not survive*
Info from 1881 Census:
Name Relation to head of household Age Year born Town of birth City of birth Country of birth Profession
Alfred Bolton Head 59 abt 1822 Mitcham Surrey England Builder
Ellen Bolton Wife 43 abt 1838 Mitcham Surrey England /
Henry Bolton Son 9 abt 1872 Lambeth Surrey England Office Boy
John Bolton Son 8 abt 1863 Lambeth Surrey England Scholar
Esther Bolton Daughter 5 abt 1876 Lambeth Surrey England Scholar
Ernest Bolton Son 2 abt 1879 Lambeth Surrey England /
Mary A. Brocken Widower 60 abt 1821 Lambeth Surrey England Monthly (?) Nurse
Info from 1891 Census:
Name | Relation to head of household | Age | Year born | Town of birth | City of birth | Country of birth | Profession |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alfred Bennett | Head | 23 | abt 1858 | Wisbeach | Norfolk | England | Publican |
Eliza Bennett | Wife | 26 | abt 1855 | Wisbeach | Norfolk | England | Wife To Publican |
* University of Portsmouth – Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)