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Henry Ransom, head, 28, 1853, bricklayer’s labourer, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire
Emma Ransom, wife, 35, 1846, Cambridge
Elizabeth M. Ransom, daughter, Cambridge
Maria Stearn, mother-in-law, widow, 65, 1816, laundress, St James, Middlesex
Henry Ransom, head, brick layer’s labourer, 37, 1854, Shelford,
Emma Ransom, 45, 1846, B. Cambridge
Elizabeth M Ransom, scholar, 10, 1881, B. Cambridge
George R Ransom, scholar, 6, 1885, B. Cambridge
Maria Steven, mother-in-law, laundress, 76, 1815, St James, London
Henry Ransom, head, 47, bricklayer’s labourer, 1854, Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Emma Ransom, wife, 55, 1846, Cambridge
George Ransom, son, office boy,16, 1885, Cambridge
Henry Ransom, 57, builder labourer, b. Stapleford
Emma Ransom, 65, b. Cambridge
George Ransom, 26, boot repairer, b. Cambridge
Emma and Henry have been married for 31 years, and have had four children, two of whom have died.
Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census
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