Partial Transcript

The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
Civil Parish of Wigan
Municipal Borough of Wigan
Municipal Ward of Queen Street
Parliamentary Borough of Wigan
Town of Wigan
Local Board of Wigan
Ecclesiastical District of St. James

ROAD, STREET, &c., and No. or NAME of HOUSE NAME and Surname of each Person RELATION to Head of Family CONDITION AGE of Rank, Profession or OCCUPATION WHERE BORN
Males Females
17 St. Thomas St. John Harrison Head Married 57   Colliery Manager Lancashire Coppull
Elizabeth Harrison Wife Married   58 Wife Lancashire Upholland
Jemima Harrison Daughter Unmarried   24 Milliner Lancashire Adlington
Jas Harrison Son Unmarried 27   Shopkeeper Lancashire Adlington
Hny Harrison Son Unmarried 17   Mechanic Lancashire Adlington
Mary E Williams Granddaughter     4 Scholar Lancashire Marsh Green
James Ormandy Nephew   5   Scholar Lancashire Wigan

[Census Reference: RG10 3886 folio 156 (page 27). The 1871 census was taken on the night of 2 April.]


Research Notes

Although the street name isn’t written very clearly, the enumerator’s immediately preceding street was Hodson which adjoins St Thomas. Young James Ormandy was probably the son of Elizabeth’s brother James Ormandy and his wife Elizabeth Prior.