Colton History Society (C) 2004-2024 – History of Colton in Staffordshire

Census record for 1851009

House shedule no	Given Name	Surname	Relationship	Age	Estimated Birth Year	Gender	Birth Place
32	Harriet	Cope	Wife	45	1806	Female	Bilston, Staffordshire, England
32	George	Cope	Son	11	1840	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
32	John	Cope	Son	9	1842	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
32	Sophia	Cope	Son	7	1844	Female	Colton, Staffordshire, England
32	William	Cope	Son	4	1847	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
32	Harriet	Cope	Daughter	5 Mo	1851	Female	Colton, Staffordshire, England
33	Thomas	Holt	Head	58	1793	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
33	Hannah	Holt	Wife	40	1811	Female	Colton, Staffordshire, England
33	Robert	Holt	Son	8	1843	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
33	John	Holt	Son	6	1845	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
34	Henry	Rowley	Head	29	1822	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
34	Mary	Rowley	Wife	38	1813	Female	Stapenhill, Staffordshire, England
34	Joseph	Sutton	Lodger	60	1791	Male	Bacton, Staffordshire, England
34	Matthew	Shipley	Lodger	55	1796	Male	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
35	Edward	Royals	Head	47	1804	Male	Penkridge, Staffordshire, England
35	Hannah	Royals	Wife	42	1809	Female	Colton, Staffordshire, England
35	Ann	Royals	Daughter	8	1843	Female	Colton, Staffordshire, England
35	Mary	Royals	Daughter	8	1843	Female	Colton, Staffordshire, England
35	William	Royals	Son	6	1845	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England
36	John	Beavan	Head	60	1791	Male	Colton, Staffordshire, England

These are the extracted page image and table list of persons on the page from the census for the year. Colton in most years had two district returns, the village center and outer parish. Hence the gap on page numbering.

No attempt has been made to correct errors, it is as is. However additions have been made where entries, such as age, birth year, gender was missing. This was solely to allow for processing of information into the working real databases.

The page image is useful to correct miss readings and to determine building numbers and names which were not always typed in. This is especilally for the earlier years.

Note the numbers associated with a building are not necessarily the house number. They are the enumerators reference. They may not even be in order up the street. In some years (1911) the return entries appear to be random. 1911 is a useful reference as there is a return for each household despite it not being geographically ordered.