The Family of Robert and Ellen Seed: Census Returns

1841 CENSUS OF THE HAMLET OF AIGHTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND:
NAME:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BORN IN THE COUNTY?
Robert Seed	M	40	Ag. Lab.	Yes
Ellen Seed	F	40	-	Yes
William Seed	M	15	Ag. Lab.	Yes
Ann Seed	F	14	-	Yes
Elizabeth Seed	F	12	-	Yes
Thomas Seed	M	9	-	Yes
Mary Seed	F	4	-	Yes
Robert Seed	M	1	-	Yes
Timothy Lund	M	15	M.S.	Yes

NOTES:
1:	Living at Carr, Aighton, Bailey & Chaigley, Lancashire (H.O.107-505/7, folio 8, page 7)
2:	Aighton, Bailey & Chaigley are a collection of hamlets in the Ribble Valley. Robert and his family were living in the hamlet of Aighton.
3:	The abbreviation 'Ag. Lab.' was short for Agricultural Labourer.
4:	Timothy Lund was described as an M.S., which I believe meant Male Servant.

By 1851, all but their youngest child had left home. William had married and started his own family, while the younger children were probably working or entered into apprenticeships.

1851 CENSUS OF AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Seed	Head	Married	M	51	Ag. Lab.	Aighton, Lancashire
Ellen Seed	Wife	Married	F	49	-	Chaigley, Lancashire
Robert Seed	Son	-	M	11	Scholar	Aighton, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Stockbridge, Aighton Hamlet, Lancashire. (H.O.107-2255, folio 331, page 12)
2:	Also living at Stockbridge at this time was a William Seed, age 32, who I suspect was Robert's younger brother. I know that a William Seed was a witness to Robert and Ellen's marriage in 1822 but I will need to research this further.

By census night 1861 Robert Seed Jr had married and moved to Blackburn. His older sister, Elizabeth, had come back to live at home, perhaps during her mother's absence:

1861 CENSUS OF AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Seed	Head	Married	M	61	Shepherd	Aighton, Lancashire
Elizabeth Seed	Daughter	Unmarried	F	33	-	Aighton, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Stockbridge, Aighton Hamlet, Lancashire. (RG9-3085, folio 68, page 1)
2:	Robert's wife was not at home on the night of the census and I have not yet found her. It is possible that she was at home and was inadvertently left off the census form.
3:	Also living at Stockbridge at this time was a John Seed, age 46, who may have been another of Robert's younger brothers.

1871 CENSUS OF AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Robert Seed	Head	Married	M	71	Farmer of 4 Acres	Aighton, Lancashire
Ellen Seed	Wife	Married	F	69	Farmer's Wife	Chaigley, Lancashire
Elizabeth Seed	Daughter	Unmarried	M	42	Farmer's Dau.	Aighton, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Fell Side, Brock Bottom, Aighton, Lancashire. (RG10-4162, folio 71, page 5)
2:	There is a note written in the extreme right of the page which is difficult to read but appears to say that Robert was blind.

Robert Seed Sr died in about 1874 and his wife moved into one of the Almshouses in Aighton:

1881 CENSUS OF AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Ellen Seed	Head	Widow	F	80	Housekeeper	Chaigley, Lancashire
Elizabeth Seed	Daughter	Unmarried	M	51	Formerly Servant	Aighton, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at the Almshouses, Aighton, Lancashire. (RG11-4170, folio 66, page 3)
2:	This is the last census entry for Ellen, who died about 6 years later.

NOTES:
1:	Census information for Robert and Ellen's children will be included with their individual pages.
2:	The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

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