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You can look at census information if you are curious. I was curious about my victorian house. These days it is a typical 3 bedroom detached semi, constructed
by JetSetWilly 11y ago
You can look at census information if you are curious.
I was curious about my victorian house. These days it is a typical 3 bedroom detached semi, constructed circa 1890.
A check of the census revealed that back in 1901, there was a married couple, the husband working for the Pearl Insurance company, 8 children and a grandmother living in it. The toilet was outside (but at least they had their own!) and there was only one dedicated bedroom as upstairs had not been converted.
So your idea of a "victorian gentlement" sitting alone in the room is probably wrong. Likely the house would have been teeming with children, who would be employed after the age of 12 or so. Multiple people would sleep in each room. The kitchen would have a bed recess. Constant work would be done all day every day for everyday tasks now like keeping dishes clean, heating water, cooking etc.
The husband probably spends his occasional free time at the pub to avoid the endless activity of home.
It is surprising how much more poverty-stricken and arduous even middle class life was then, compared to now.
- robin_reala 11y agoDo you have a link to where you can search census data by address? Most of the standard sites let you search by name.
- 4ndr3vv 11y agohttp://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/1901-england-wales-and-scotland-census http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/1901-eng... hit the address tab on the top of the search page
- marcosscriven 11y agoYou have to subscribe to that site right? Edit: Seems a bit scammy. https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.findmypast.co.uk https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.findmypast.co.uk
- JetSetWilly 11y agoI live in Scotland so I used http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Additionally turns out I didn't use the census information on it - it was Valuation Rolls which in Scotland listed the occupiers, information about the house, occupations and so on. I imagine if you get the occupiers via valuation rolls or similar (which are address searchable) you can then go on to census records.