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

Census record for 1881013

Address	FirstName	Surname	Relation to Head	Marital Status	Age	Estimated Birth Year	Gender	Occupation	Birth City	Birth County	Birth Country
19 Brook Street	Thomas	Williscroft	Head	Married	46	1835	Male	Bricklayers Labourer	Colton	Staffordshire	England
19 Brook Street	Mary	Williscroft	Wife	Married	31	1850	Female		Rudington	Nottinghamshire	England
19 Brook Street	William	Herbert	Lodger		23	1858	Male	Gardener	Barford	Warwickshire	England
20 Brook Street	John	Upton	Head	Married	29	1852	Male	Brass Finisher	Rugeley	Staffordshire	England
20 Brook Street	Harriett	Upton	Wife	Married	30	1851	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
20 Brook Street	William H.	Upton	Son		9	1872	Male	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
20 Brook Street	Francis G.	Upton	Son		7	1874	Male	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
20 Brook Street	John H.	Upton	Son		4	1877	Male	Scholar	Colton	Staffordshire	England
20 Brook Street	Harriett M.A.	Upton	Daughter		3	1878	Female		Colton	Staffordshire	England
21 Brook Street	Thos.	Handley	Head	Married	75	1806	Male	Ag Lab	Bradely	Staffordshire	England
21 Brook Street	Mary	Handley	Wife	Married	85	1796	Female		Abbots Bromley	Staffordshire	England
22 Brook Street	UNINHABITED
23 Brook Street	George	Wakelin	Head	Married	60	1821	Male	Shoe Maker	Hanbury	Staffordshire	England
23 Brook Street	Elizabeth	Wakelin	Wife	Married	61	1820	Female	Laundress	Rugeley	Staffordshire	England
23 Brook Street	Mary	Wakelin	Daughter		12	1869	Female	Scholar	Rugeley	Staffordshire	England
1 Hollow Lane	Elizabeth	Williscroft	Head	Widow	61	1820	Female		Abbots Bromley	Staffordshire	England
1 Hollow Lane	Frederick	Williscroft	Son		20	1861	Male	Ag Lab	Colton	Staffordshire	England
2 Hollow Lane	Ellen	Walkadine	Head	Widow	28	1853	Female	Laundress	Gratwich	Staffordshire	England
2 Hollow Lane	Anne	Walkadine	Daughter		8	1873	Female	Scholar	Abbots Bromley	Staffordshire	England
2 Hollow Lane	Mary	Walkadine	Daughter		6	1875	Female	Scholar	Abbots Bromley	Staffordshire	England
2 Hollow Lane	Sampson	Walkadine	Son		4	1877	Male	Scholar	Abbots Bromley	Staffordshire	England
2 Hollow Lane	Joseph	Walkadine	Son		2	1879	Male		Colton	Staffordshire	England
2 Hollow Lane	James	Bradbury	Lodger	Widower	67	1814	Male	Ag Lab	Colton	Staffordshire	England
3 Hollow Lane	Thomas	Meddings	Head	Married	40	1841	Male	Ag Lab	Blymhill	Staffordshire	England
3 Hollow Lane	Eliza	Meddings	Wife	Married	30	1851	Female		Wellington	Shropshire	England
3 Hollow Lane	William	Meddings	Son		8	1873	Male	Scholar	Wrockwardine Wood	Shropshire	England
3 Hollow Lane	Richard	Meddings	Son		7	1874	Male	Scholar	Wrockwardine Wood	Shropshire	England
3 Hollow Lane	Thomas	Meddings	Son		5	1876	Male	Scholar	Wrockwardine Wood	Shropshire	England
3 Hollow Lane	Henry	Meddings	Son		2	1879	Male		Gnosal	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.