[1841]

Census of 1841

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: HO107; Piece 989; Book: 3; Civil Parish: Maer; County: Staffordshire; Enumeration District: 2; Folio:  ; Page: 1; Line: 14; GSU roll: 474620.

City or Borough of								1
Parish or Township of				Maer
Place	Houses		NAMES of each Person who abode there the preceding Night	AGE and SEX		PROFESSION, TRADE, EMPLOYMENT, or of INDEPENDENT MEANS	Where born
	Uninhabited	Inhabited		Males	Females		Whether born in same County	Whether born in England, Scotland or Foreign Part
Maer Hall		1	Josiah Wedgewood	70		Ind	yes	-
			Elizabeth do		75		y	-
			Sarah Elizabeth do		45		y	-
			Sarah Collins		35	F S	y
			Mary Harding		36		y
			Elizabeth Martin		35		y
			Sarah Highfield		19		y
			Elizabeth Highfield		25	governess	y
			Ann Shatterley		20	F.S.	y
			William Birkin	25		M.S.	y
			Henry Birkin	25			y
			Josiah Wedgewood Junior	45		Ind.	y
			Caroline do		35			N
			Charles Darwin	30				N
			Emma do		30		y
			William Erasmus do	1				N
			Anne Elizabeth do		3			N
			Marianna Culley		25			N
			Elizabeth Harding		17		y
			Joseph Parslow	25		M.S.		N
			George Powner	20			y

[1851]

Census 1851

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: HO107; Piece: 1476; Folio: 240; Page: 12; GSU roll: 87799

Parish or Township of			St George, Hanover Square.						12
City of			Westminster
No. of House-holder's Schedule	Name of Street, Place, or Road, and Name or No. of House	Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851	Relation to Head of Family	Condition	Age of		Rank, Profession, or Occupation	Where born	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
					Males	Females
37 - 7	7 do [=Park Street]	E.A. Darwin	Head	U.M.	47		M.M.Assistant	Shrewsbury, Shrop.	-
		John Griffith		do	30		Servant	do	-
		Emma Hund		do		32	do	do	-
		C.R. Darwin	Visitor	Married	42		M.A. Profector & Land	do	-

[1851]

Census 1851 for Emma Darwin, Down House

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: HO107; Piece: 1476; Folio: 240; Page: 12; GSU roll: 87799

Parish or Township of			Down						5
Village of			Down
No. of House-holder's Schedule	Name of Street, Place, or Road, and Name or No. of House	Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851	Relation to Head of Family	Condition	Age of		Rank, Profession, or Occupation	Where born	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
					Males	Females
16	Down Place	Emma Darwin	W,of Head	Mar		42	Gentlewoman	Staffordshire Maer	-
		George H. Do	Son		5			Kent, Down	-
		Elizabeth Do.	Daur			3		Kent, Down	-
		Francis Do.	Son		2			Kent, Down	-
		Leonard Do.	Son		1			Kent, Down
		Joseph Parslow	Serv.	Mar	39		House Servant	Glocestersh. Standish
		James Pearce	Serv.	U	18		Footman	Yorsks., Ripon
		Jane Davies	Serv.	U.		44	Cook	Hintsh. Hammer
		Elisabeth Harding	Serv.	U.		25	Housemaid	Staffordshire Maer
		Jane Holledge	Serv.	U.		24	Laundry Maid	Kent Brasted
		Margaret Evans	Serv.	U.		19	Kitchen Maid	Shropshire Edgebottom
		Mary Cooper	Serv.	U.		17	Nursery Maid	Staffords. Bettery
		Sarah Young	Serv.	U.		15	Nursery Maid	Kent, Farnboro'

[1861]

Census 1861

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 462; Folio: 74; Page: 10-11; GSU roll: 542642

Parish or Township of					Down					Page 10
City of
No. of Schedule	Road, Street, &c., and No. or Name of House	Houses		Name and Surname of each Person	Relation to Head of Family	Condition	Age of		Rank, Profession, or Occupation	Where born	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inhabited	Uninhabited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
51	Down House	1	-	Charles R. Darwin	Head	Mar	52	M	Justice of P. M.A. Author of scientific works [illeg] land & shareholder	Shrewsbury	-
				Emma D.	Wife	Mar		52		Maer Staffordshire	-
				William E. D	Son	Un	21		Scholar Cambridge	Snt Pancras Midsex	-
				Henrette D	Daur	Un		17		Kent Downe	-
				George H. D.	Son		15	M	Scholar	Kent Downe
				Elizabeth D.	Daur			13	Do	Kent Downe
				Francis D.	Son		12	M	Do	Kent Downe
				Leonard D.	Son		11	M	Do	Kent Downe
				Horace D.	Son		9	M	Do	Kent Downe
				Emily M. Thorley	Governess	Un		28	Governess	Congleton Cheshire
				Georgeina Tollett	Visitor	Un		53	Lady Independant	Berby Do
				Elizabeth Furneval	Vis Lady Md	Un		24	Servant Lady Maid	Bucleston Staffordshire
				Henry Emmings	Visitor	Widower	51	M	Retird Servt	Maer Do
				Martha Morrey	Visitor	Un		40	Retird Do	Woore Salop
				Joseph Parslow	Servant	Mar	49	M	Servant Butler	Stanleigh Gloucestershire
				Samuel Jones	Serv	Un	25	M	Coachman	Llandidno Derbyshire
				George Bridgen	Serv	Un	21	M	Footman	Hartfield Sussex
				Margaret Evans	Serv	Un		29	Cook	Shrewsbury Salop
				Jane Asborne	Serv	Un		25	Nurse	Kent Downe
				Eliz Chapman	Serv	Un		35	Lady Maid	Pembroke
				Emily Asborne	Serv	Un		22	House Maid	Kent Down
				Anne Parslow	Serv	Un		19	Under Nurse	Standish Gloucesterhire
				Jane Rofey	Serv	Un		24	Kitchen Maid	Surrey
				William Brooks	Serv	Mar	59	M	Gardener	Kent Sevenoaks

[1861]

Parish or Township of					Down					Page 11
City of
No. of Schedule	Road, Street, &c., and No. or Name of House	Houses		Name and Surname of each Person	Relation to Head of Family	Condition	Age of		Rank, Profession, or Occupation	Where born	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inhabited	Uninha-bited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
				Kesea Brooks	wife	Mar		53	Gardener Wife	Kent Cudham
				George Brooks	Grand Son		4	M	-	London

[1871]

Census 1871

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: RG10; Piece: 157; Folio: 81; Page: 16; GSU roll: 823298 

Parish or Township of					St Marylebone
City or Municipal Borough of					Marylebone
Municipal Ward of					Portland Place
Parliamentary Borough of					Marylebone
Town of					London
Village or Hamlet etc of
Local Board ... of
Ecclesiastical District of					All Souls
No. of Schedule	ROAD, STREET &c, and No. or NAME of HOUSE	Houses		NAME and Surname of each Person	RELATION to Head of Family	CONDITION	Age of		Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inhabited	Uninhabited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
58	Queen Anne St No 6	1		Erasmus A. Darwin	Head	Unm	66		[illeg] Landowner	Shropshire Shrewsbury	-
				Charles R. do	Brother	M	62		Shareholder. Sd & J.P.	do do	-
				Emma do	Sister in Law	M		62		Staffordshire	-
				Henrietta E. do	Niece	Unm		27		Kent Down	-
				Elizabeth do	Niece	do		23		do do
				Francis do	Nephew	do	22		Medical student B.A.	do do
				Horace do	do	do	19		Undergraduate Cambridge	do do
				Elizabeth Pearce	Servt	M		43	Servant	Staffordshire Maer
				do Squire	Servt	Unm		26	Cook	London
				William Petitt	Servt	do	24		Butler	Suffolk Ashelington
				Anne Parslow	Servt	do		28	Ladymaid	Gloucestershire Hardenhuish
				James Texter	Servt	do	24		Footman	Sussex Nietley

[1871]

Census 1871 - Down House

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: RG10; Piece: 875; Folio: 34; Page: 2-3; GSU roll: 827771.

Civil Parish or Township of					Down				2
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Parliamentary Borough of
Town of
Village or Hamlet etc of					Down
Local Board ... of
Ecclesiastical District of
No. of Schedule	ROAD, STREET &c, and No. or NAME of HOUSE	Houses		NAME and Surname of each Person	RELATION to Head of Family	CONDITION	Age of		Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inha-bited	Uninha-bited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
13	Down House	1		Joseph Parslow	Servant	Mar	59		Butler	Gloucestershire	-
				Margt Evans	Do	Unmar		39	House Keeper	Salop Shrewsbury	-
				Eliz Chapman	Do	Unmar		48	House Maid	Pembroke	-
				Sara Griffith	Do	Unmar		26	Kitchen Do	Gloucestershire	-
				Hellen Parslow	Do	Unmar	19		Servant	do

[1871]

Civil Parish or Township of					Down				3
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Parliamentary Borough of
Town of
Village or Hamlet etc of					Down
Local Board ... of
Ecclesiastical District of
No. of Schedule	ROAD, STREET &c, and No. or NAME of HOUSE	Houses		NAME and Surname of each Person	RELATION to Head of Family	CONDITION	Age of		Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inhabited	Uninhabited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
	Down House			Mark Ansell	Servant	Unm	20		Groom	Cudham

[1881]

Census 1881

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: RG11; Piece: 855; Folio: 83; Page: 1; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341203.

Parish or Township of					Down
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Parliamentary Borough of
Village or Hamlet etc of					Down
Urban Sanitary District of
Rural Sanitary District of					Down
Ecclesiastical District of					Down
No. of Schedule	ROAD, STREET &c, and No. or NAME of HOUSE	Houses		NAME and Surname of each Person	RELATION to Head of Family	CONDITION	Age of		Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inhabited	Uninhabited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
2.	Cudham rd. Downe House Cudham rd	1		Charles Robert Darwin	Head	Mar	72		M.A., L.L.D.(Cambs), F.R.S., J.P.	Shropshire Shrewsbury	-
				Emma do	wife	Mar		72		Maer, Staffordshire	-
				Elizabeth do	daur	Mar		33		Down, Kent	-
				William E. do	son	Unm	41		Banker, B.A.(Cantab)	St Pancras, Midlesex	-
				Sara do	daur-law	Mar		41		United States
				George H. do	son	unm	35		M.A.(Cant) F.R.S. Barrister	Down, Kent
				Francis do	son	Widr	32		M.A. M.B. (Cant)	do do
				Bernard R.M. do	grandson		4			do do
				Herman Franke	Visitor	Mar	33		Music Director & Violinist	Saxony Germany
				Rose C. do	Niece	Mar		34		Etauria, Staffordhsire
				Charles Wood Fox	Cousin	Unm	33		Barrister	Hampstead, Middlesex
				James Johnson	Serv	Unm	23		Footman Domestic Serv	Marylebone do
				Frederic Hill	Serv	Unm	20		Groom	Bromley Kent
				Margaret Evans	Serv	Unm		49	Cook	Hedgebottom Shropshire
				Augusta Dickson	Serv	Mar		44	Ladies Maid	Hamburg, Germany
				Elizabeth Bradford	Serv	Unm		26	Housemaid	Bullbeck, Cambridgeshire
				Harriet Irvine	Serv	Unm		23	Housemaid	Offham, Kent
				Mary Wilkins	Serv	Unm		19	Kitchenmaid	Sundriger, Kent
				Pauline Badel	Serv	Unm		29	Nurse Dom:	Switzerland
				Harriet Wills	Visitor	Unm		24	Ladies Maid	Portswood, Hants
				Leonard Darwin	son	Unm	31		Lieutenant Royal Engineers	Down Kent

 

1881 - Erasmus Alvey Darwin - Household

Name	Relation	MC	Age	Sex	Occupation	Birthplace	Infirm
Erasmus A Darwin	Head	U	76	M	None, Land	Shropshire, Shrewsbury
Horace Darwin	visitor	M	30	M	Scientific Instrument Maker	Kent, Down
Emma C Darwin	visitor	M	26	F	wife of H Darwin	Middlesex, Marylebone
Elizabeth Pearce	servant	U	53	F	Housekeeper	Staffordshire, March
Elizabeth Squire	servant	U	36	F	Cook	Middlesex, Marylebone
Frederick Surman	servant	U	30	M	Butler	Oxon, Helspath

 

[1891]

Census of 1891

Census Returns of England and Wales. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO). Class: RG12; Piece: 1288; Folio: 5; Page: 1; GSU roll: 6096398.

Civil Parish of					Saint Giles
Municipal Borough of					Cambridge
Municipal Ward of					Cambridge
Town or Village or Hamlet etc of					Cambridge
Sanitary District of					Cambridge
Parliamentary Borough of					Cambridge
Ecclesiastical Parish or District of					St Aycles
No. of Schedule	ROAD, STREET &c, and No. or NAME of HOUSE	Houses		NAME and Surname of each Person	RELATION to Head of Family	CONDITION	Age of		Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN	Whether Blind, or Deaf-and-Dumb
		Inhabited	Uninhabited (U.) or Building (B.)				Males	Females
4	the grove	1		Emma Darwin	Head	Wid		82		Maer Staffordshire	-
				Elizabeth do	daur	cs		44		Down Kent	-
				Hennrietta E. Litchfield	do	cs		47		do do	-
				Richard B. do	son in Law	M	59		Barrister. Civ. Clerk in Govt. Office	Yarpole, Herefordsh	-
				Hannah Bronwick		M		53	general servant	Warwickshire Great-Barr.
				Joanna Macheson		cs		33	do	Scotland
				Harriett Irvine		cs		33	do	Maer Shrop
				Elizabeth Batholomew		cs		25	do	Hampshire Adeham