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

Census record for 1861019

Household Shed No	Name	Gender	Age	Relation to Head	Estimated Birth Year	Where Born
59	Mary Ann Harrison	Female	53	Wife	1808	London, England
60	John Babb	Male	30	Head	1831	Gratwich, Staffordshire, England
60	Elizabeth Babb	Female	31	Wife	1830	Kingston, Staffordshire, England
60	John Babb	Male	5	Son	1856	Kingston, Staffordshire, England
60	James Babb	Male	4	Son	1857	Kingston, Staffordshire, England
60	George Babb	Male	2	Son	1859	Rugeley, Staffordshire, England
60	William Babb	Male	2/12	Son	1861	Colton, Staffordshire, England
61	Thomas Rowley	Male	50	Head	1811	Colton, Staffordshire, England
61	Margaret Rowley	Female	49	Wife	1812	Haywood, Staffordshire, England
61	George Rowley	Male	11	Son	1850	Colton, Staffordshire, England
61	Edward Rowley	Male	9	Son	1852	Colton, Staffordshire, England
61	Henry Rowley	Male	7	Son	1854	Colton, Staffordshire, England
62	William Nixon	Male	64	Head	1797	Colwich, Staffordshire, England
63	Joseph Williscroft	Male	54	Head	1807	Colton, Staffordshire, England
63	Sarah Williscroft	Female	58	Wife	1803	Colton, Staffordshire, England
63	Frances Williscroft	Female	20	Daughter	1841	Colton, Staffordshire, England
64	Thomas Cope	Male	52	Head	1809	Colton, Staffordshire, England
64	Harriet Cope	Female	53	Wife	1808	Bilston, Staffordshire, England
64	John Cope	Male	19	Son	1842	Colton, Staffordshire, England
64	Edward Cope	Male	7	Son	1854	Colton, Staffordshire, England
64	Frances Cope	Female	76	Mother	1785	Blithfield, Staffordshire, England
65	William Degge	Male	28	Head	1833	Colton, Staffordshire, England
65	Francis Degge	Female	26	Wife	1835	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.