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

Census record for 1861112

Household Shed No	Name	Gender	Age	Relation to Head	Estimated Birth Year	Where Born
29	Sarah Handley	Female	73	Head	1788	Rugeley, Staffordshire, England
29	Ann Handley	Female	13	Granddaughter	1848	Litchfield, Staffordshire, England
30	William Sutton	Male	46	Head	1815	Hixon, Staffordshire, England
30	Ellen Sutton	Female	48	Wife	1813	Armitage, Staffordshire, England
30	Charles Sutton	Male	22	Son	1839	Colton, Staffordshire, England
30	Fanny E Lunn	Female	1	Niece	1860	London, England
31	Hariot Cope	Female	38	Head	1823	Baswich, Staffordshire, England
31	Charles Cope	Male	10	Son	1851	Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
31	Joseph Cope	Male	8	Son	1853	Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
31	George Cope	Male	2	Son	1859	Colton, Staffordshire, England
32	Sarah Williscroft	Female	67	Head	1794	Grate Hagwood Colwich, Staffordshire, England
34	Ann Devoll	Female	50	Head	1811	Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England
34	Mary Devoll	Female	24	Daughter	1837	Colton, Staffordshire, England
34	James Devoll	Male	11	Son	1850	Colton, Staffordshire, England
35	Joseph Degg	Male	35	Head	1826	Colton, Staffordshire, England
35	Elizabeth Degg	Female	43	Wife	1818	Stafford, Staffordshire, England
35	John Degg	Male	11	Son	1850	Colton, Staffordshire, England
35	William Degg	Male	10	Son	1851	Colton, Staffordshire, England
36	George Williscroft	Male	40	Head	1821	Colton, Staffordshire, England
36	Maria Williscroft	Female	44	Wife	1817	Ticknall, Derbyshire, England
36	William Williscroft	Male	5	Son	1856	Colton, Staffordshire, England
36	George Williscroft	Male	3	Son	1858	Colton, Staffordshire, England
37	Sarah Oxpher	Female	0	Head	0	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.