Partial Transcript

The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
Civil Parish of Wigan
Municipal Borough of Wigan
Municipal Ward of Poolstock
Urban Sanitary District of Wigan
Parliamentary Borough or Division of Wigan
Ecclesiastical Parish or 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 as to Marriage AGE last Birthday of PROFESSION or OCCUPATION WHERE BORN
Males Females
92 Pool Street William Harrison Head Married 50   Blacksmith Lancashire Adlington
Ann Harrison Wife Married   48   Lancashire Billinge
Mary Elizabeth Williams Daughter S   24 Cotton Winder Lancashire Pemberton
William Harrison Son S 19   Colliery Stoker Lancashire Wigan
John Harrison Son S 18   Colliery Miners (Drawer) Lancashire Wigan
Martha Harrison Daughter S   16 Weavers Tenter Cott Lancashire Wigan
Joseph Harrison Son S 18     Lancashire Wigan
James Harrison Son S 13     Lancashire Wigan
Mary Eliz Gladys Harrison Daughter S   11   Lancashire Wigan

[Census microfilm record RG12/3053 pp24, 25 (folio 59, 60). The 1891 census was taken on the night of 5 April.]


Research Notes

Here are nine members of the Harrison family living just up the road from the Honeysuckle Inn in 1891. John Harrison, shown here at age 18, was Henry Harrison’s cousin. He was enumerated at the Honeysuckle Inn in 1901 where he was working as a barman.