Desborough - People
James Thorpe
1841 Census1851 Census: Desborough| 79 | High Street | Census date: 30 March 1851 |
1861 Census: Desborough| 115 | Poddock Lane | Census date: 7 April 1861 |
1871 Census: Desborough| 65 | High Street | Census date: 2 April 1871 |
1881 Census: Desborough| 160 | New Street | Census date: 3 April 1881 |
1891 Census
: Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire| 152 | Vulcan Rd
no. 53 | Census date: 1 April 1891 |
1901 Census: Desborough| 356 | Paddock Lane
no. 8 | Census date: 31 March 1901 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| James Thorpe | Head | Widr | 54 | | Boot Finisher, worker, at home | Desborough
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1911 Census
: Kettering, Northamptonshire | Union Workhouse | Census date: 2 April 1911 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| George Coe | Inmate | Single | 65 | | Farm Laborer | Desborough
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| Samuel Jobson | Inmate | Single | 73 | | Velvet Weaver | Desborough
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| Amelia Loake | Inmate |
Mar 19y
children
born: 11
living: 9 | | 43 | Shoe Machinist | Desborough
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| Olive Loake | Inmate | | | 3 | | Exeter
Gloucestershire | |
| Arthur Loake | Inmate | | | 1 | | Peterborough
Northamptonshire | |
| George Marlow | Inmate | Widower | 76 | | Farm Lab | Desborough
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| Herbert Marlow | Inmate | Widower | 69 | | Railway Platelayer | Desborough
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| Mary Ann Smith | Inmate |
Mar 50y
children
born: 9
living: 7 | | 69 | Frame Lace Worker | Desborough
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| James Thorpe | Inmate | Mar | 63 | | Shoe Finisher | Desborough
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Amelia's husband Arthur was in prison in 1911; census shows she had 9 children living (11 born), so Olive and Arthur assumed to be hers, 5 others at Burton Latimer Cottages1939 Census top of page