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

Census record for 1881007

Address	FirstName	Surname	Relation to Head	Marital Status	Age	Estimated Birth Year	Gender	Occupation	Birth City	Birth County	Birth Country
27 High Street	Thomas	Williscroft	Head	Widower	80	1801	Male	Ag Lab	Colton	Staffordshire	England
27 High Street	Jane	Williscroft	Granddaughter		23	1858	Female	General Servant	Colton	Staffordshire	England
27 High Street	George	Williscroft	Grandson		3	1878	Male	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
28 High Street	Thomas	Haywood	Head		22	1859	Male	Bricklayer	Chebsy	Staffordshire	England
28 High Street	Mary	Haywood	Sister		24	1857	Female	Domestic Servant	Chebsy	Staffordshire	England
28 High Street	John	Haywood	Nephew		3	1878	Male		Colton	Staffordshire	England
28 High Street	Mary	Haywood	Niece		3	1878	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
28 High Street	Alice T.	Haywood	Niece		0	0	Female		Lichfield	Staffordshire	England
29 High Street	James	Devolle	Head	Married	21	1860	Male	Ag Lab	Colton	Staffordshire	England
29 High Street	Fanney	Devolle	Wife	Married	24	1857	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
29 High Street	Arthur	Williscroft	Son		5	1876	Male	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
29 High Street	Amey J.	Devolle	Daughter		1	1880	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
29 High Street	Thomas	Devolle	Son		0	0	Male		Colton	Staffordshire	England
30 High Street	William	Weaver	Head	Widower	80	1801	Male	Ag Lab	Colton	Staffordshire	England
30 High Street	Mary	Weaver	Daughter		42	1839	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
30 High Street	Charlotte	Weaver	Daughter		39	1842	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
30 High Street	Jane	Weaver	Granddaughter		12	1869	Female	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	Thomas	Hall	Head	Married	41	1840	Male	Tanner	Holston	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	Sophia E.	Hall	Wife	Married	40	1841	Female		Gralwich	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	Sarah J.	Hall	Daughter		13	1868	Female	Scholar	Colwich	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	George H.	Hall	Son		10	1871	Male	Scholar	Colwich	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	William	Hall	Son		8	1873	Male	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	Jessie Elijah	Hall	Son		3	1878	Male		Colton	Staffordshire	England
31 High Street	Albert	Hall	Son		1	1880	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.