Number 8 Russell Street 1881 – Alfred Boulton, Builder

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.

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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:

NameRelation to head of householdAgeYear bornTown of birthCity of birthCountry of birthProfession
Alfred BoltonHead59abt 1822MitchamSurreyEnglandBuilder
Ellen BoltonWife43abt 1838MitchamSurreyEngland/
Henry BoltonSon9abt 1872LambethSurreyEnglandOffice Boy
John BoltonSon8abt 1863LambethSurreyEnglandScholar
Esther BoltonDaughter5abt 1876LambethSurreyEnglandScholar
Ernest BoltonSon2abt 1879LambethSurreyEngland/
Mary A. BrockenWidower60abt 1821LambethSurreyEnglandMonthly (?) Nurse

Info from 1891 Census:

NameRelation to head of householdAgeYear bornTown of birthCity of birthCountry of birthProfession
Alfred BennettHead23abt 1858WisbeachNorfolkEnglandPublican
Eliza BennettWife26abt 1855WisbeachNorfolkEnglandWife To Publican

* University of Portsmouth  – Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)

 

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