1861 Census Coastguard

Kent Coastguard Stations

1861 Census


Transcribed by Dorothy Holden
Please note that the writing was quite difficult to decipher and I am not familiar with some of the place names!

See also Isle of Sheppey coastguards.


Townsend Coast Guard Station Hougham

BETESON James married aged 43 Boatman b Cornwall A-------
Sarah J wife aged 36 b Cornwall A-------
Emma daughter aged 13 b Cornwall A------

JOHNSON Peter married aged 45 Boatman b Devonport
Mary A wife aged 44 b Cornwall Bude

BATTEN John married aged 35 Boatman b Cornwall Saltash
Maria wife aged 35 b Cornwall St Stephens

McCARTHY Patrick married aged 34 b Ireland
Catherine A wife aged 32 b Devon Ar---- Bridge?
Ellen N daughter aged 4 b Dover
William C son aged 2 b Dover
Frederick H son aged 10 months b Dover

BRADFORD Josiah? married aged 44 b Exmouth Devon
Mary J wife aged 46 b Deal, Kent
Louisa J daughter aged 11 b New Romney
Mary S daughter aged 8 b Hougham

MATTHEWS Joseph married aged 38 b Devon -------
Jane C wife aged 28 b Cornwall Polperro
Elizabeth S daughter aged 4 b Devon New---------
Thomas B son aged 1 b Dover

DYER Charles married aged 44 b Isle of Wight Stapfell?
Hannah wife aged 36 b Sussex Bexhill
Charlotte daughter aged 11 b Dorset K-------
William son aged 3 b Dover
James son aged 1 b Dover

BARTLETT Henry married aged 30 b Hants Portsmouth
Elizabeth wife aged 30 b Dover
Margaret daughter aged 1 b Hougham
Elizabeth daughter aged 2 months b Hougham

FLAHERTY James married aged 48 b Ireland
Mary wife aged 39 b Ireland
Mary daughter aged 12 b Dover
James son aged 11 b Dover
Catherine daughter aged 6 b Dover
David son aged 4 b Dover
Elizabeth daughter aged 2 b Dover

FITZGERALD Frederick C married aged 32 Chief Officer b Somerset Bath
Eliza J wife aged 33 b London
Julia daughter aged 6 b Sussex Bognor
Geraldine daughter aged 2 b Dover
Edith C daughter aged 1 b Dover

Lydden Spout, near Dover

George W ROBINSON married aged 31 Coastguard b Margate Kent
Mary Ann wife aged 22 b Eastry Kent
Mary Ann daughter aged 3 b Hougham Kent
Eliza daughter aged 1 b Hougham Kent
Elizabeth daughter aged 3 months b Hougham Kent

------  SISK?  unmarried aged 29 Coastguard b Cork, Ireland.

William MERRITT married aged 30 Coastguard b Portsmouth Hants
Ann wife aged 22 b Scotland Invercrief?
William son aged 2 b Sandgate Kent
L---- daughter ( possibly Louise) aged 10 months b Hougham Kent

Thomas BLUNDELL married aged 50 Coastguard b Elson Hants
Charlotte wife aged 44 b Elson Hants
James son aged 11 Scholar b Hougham Kent
Charles son aged 9 Scholar b Hougham Kent
Henry son aged 6 Scholar b Hougham Kent
Thomas J son aged 3 b Hougham Kent

John WADE married aged 32 Coastguard b Folkestone Kent
Charlotte S wife aged 22 b Dover Kent
Emma daughter aged 1 b Dover Kent

James GUY married aged 38 Coastguard b Southend Essex
Jane wife aged 35 b Deal Kent
Jane daughter aged 15 b Hougham Kent
Ann daughter aged 10 Scholar b Lydd Kent
Mary Ann daughter aged 8 Scholar b Lydd Kent
Harriet daughter aged 3 b Sandgate Kent
James son aged 1 b Hougham Kent

James CLEMENTS married aged 37 Coastguard b Devonport, Devon
Harriett wife aged 28 b Bath Somerset
Charles Bradford son aged 2 b Hougham Kent


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