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LIST of the MEMBERS of this FAMILY, of VISITORS, of SERVANTS, and of ALL OTHER PERSONS, who SLEPT or ABODE in the Dwelling
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on the NIGHT of SUNDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1871.

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NAME and SURNAME RELATION to CONDITION SEX AGE (Last RANK, PROFESSION, or WHERE BORN (2) Blind
Head of Family Birthday) OCCUPATION (3) Imbecile or Idiot
(4) Lunatic
No persons ABSENT on the Night of Write either For Infants Opposite the Names of those born in
Sunday, April 2nd, to be entered here. "Married" under England, write the County and Town, Write the respective
State whether Head,
Except those who may be TRAVELLING or "Widower" Write "M" One Year, or Parish. Infirmities against the name
or Wife, Son, Daughter Before filling up this Column, you are

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out at Work during that Night and who against Males state the Age in If born in Scotland, Ireland, the British
"Widow"
requested to read the of the afflicted Person;
RETURN HOME ON MONDAY, or other Relative, or "Unmarried" and "F" against Months, writing Colonies, or the East Indies, state or
and if so from
Living conditions in Victorian times
APRIL 3RD. Write after the Name of the "under 1 Month" Instructions on the other side. Country; and if also a British Subject,
Visitor, Boarder, &c against the Females "3 Months" add "British subject",
Heed of the Family the names of his Wife,
or Servant. Name of all Persons "9 Months", or "Naturalised British Subject"
Birth, add
Children, and other relative; then Visitors,
&o, and Servants. except Young Children & c. as the case may be. "from Birth".

1 Bartlett Downs Wrangham Head of Family Widower M 41 Cashier Yorkshire - Sheffield

This unit focuses on life in Victorian times. It tries to convey the differences in living

Rich Child, Poor Child | History | Teachers' notes

2 John Bartlett Wrangham Son M 6 Scholar Yorkshire - Sheffield
3 Sarah Wrangham Sister Unmarried F 38 Housekeeper Yorkshire - Sheffield conditions between children in rich and poor families.

Rich Child, Poor Child | History | Activity sheet

4 James Walson Visitor Widower M 59 Vicar Yorkshire - Sheffield
5 Annie Elizabeth Hays Servant Unmarried F 21 Cook Sutton - on - Trent
Curriculum context History at Key Stage 2.
6 Marsha Jane Hays Servant Unmarried F 14 Parlour maid Lancashire
National Curriculum Programmes of Study 1a; 2a, c, d; 3; 4a; 11.
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To be returned to the Census Office Classroom Ideas
Sheffield West Sub District
12 • Use the A3 resource sheet to discuss ways in which life for a poor child
13 in Victorian times would have differed from that of a rich child.
14 M F Unfamiliar vocabulary will need to be explained to the children.
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I declare the foregoing to be a true Return, according to the best of my knowledge and belief. • Split your class into two groups, the children from each group imagining
Witness my Hand, (Signature) B D Wrangham life as either a rich or poor child in the mid-1800s.
Write letters to each other to describe a typical day in their life.

Here are a few clues • Compare and contrast a Victorian day with a typical day experienced by a child in 2001.

• Find out more about Victorian families. Discuss possible sources of information e.g.
• Why is Mrs. Wrangham not mentioned on the census form? photographs, parish records, gravestones etc. This will lend itself naturally to local
What do you think happened to her and when? visits to museums and libraries.

• Make a survey of children's names in your class/school. Compare these to common

• What was the name and occupation of the visitor? Victorian names.
Why might he have been spending the night at Mr. Wrangham's house?
• Lord Shaftesbury tried to get laws passed to stop child labour.
What laws would you try to pass at the present time to make life easier for people
• What does the census form tell us about the housekeeper? living today?

• How many servants were in the household?

What do you think their duties might have been?

• What do you know about John Wrangham from the

information on the census form.

Now think of other questions you might ask.

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