PLANK snippets from the 1881 Census

Individuals

Here is a selection of the more interesting (or unusual) Occupations:

There are 59 labourers (39 of them agricultural) which is more than 30% of the employed males. There are 18 children under the age of 16 in work with the youngest being 12.

Here is a selection of the more interesting (?) Individuals:

Name Census Place Age Occupation Miscellaneous
Alphonse PLANQUE St Peter Port, Guernsey

40

 Storeman in an ale house He was born in France.  His wife, Augustine, and their 6 children were all born in Guernsey.
Charles PLANCK Camberwell, Surrey

24

 Mathematical tutor BA Camb He was born in the East Indies.
George PLANK Melcombe Regis, Dorset

43

 Servant He was born at Antrim in Ireland although his father, James, and brother, Henry, were both born in Wiltshire.
George A PLANK East Ham, Essex

10

 Scholar He was born in America although his father, George (a labourer) was born in Wiltshire and his mother, Winifred, was born in Wales.
Herrmann PLANK Gravesend, Kent

19

 Cook He was born at Danzig in Germany.
Jacob PLANK Orkney, Scotland

57

 Farmer of 17acres of which 8 arable He was a British Subject, born in Germany.   His wife, May, was from Fair Isle in Shetland.
John PLANK St Helier, Jersey

60

 Naval pensioner He was a Naturalised British Subject, born in France.
Mary PLANK Walcot, Somerset

25

 Itinerant musician She was born in Germany.

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