The Family of Frederick Tarzewell and Mary Agnes Atkins: Census Returns

On the night of the 1901 Census, Mary Agnes Atkins and her two daughters were visiting at the home of her married sister Margaret Farrell. For the full census entry see Margaret's Census page.

1901 CENSUS OF SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Mary Atkins	Visitor	Married	F	26	-	Preston, Lancashire
Mary Atkins	Visitor	Unmarried	F	5	-	Hanley, Staffordshire
Constance Atkins	Visitor	Unmarried	F	2	-	Hanley, Staffordshire

NOTES:
1:	Visiting at 71 Alma Road, Southampton, Hampshire. (RG13-1068, folio 116, page 45)
2:	The younger Mary was actually Gertrude May.
3:	The above information is from the census returns on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk.

While Mary Agnes and the children were visiting her sister, Frederick was back at the family home in Hanley, Staffordshire. Mary's younger sister Isabella Josephine Swarbrick was also staying there and was incorrectly recorded as Isabella Atkins:

1901 CENSUS OF HANLEY, STAFFORDSHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Frederick Atkins	Head	Married	M	30	Clothier's Manager	Charminster, Dorset
Isabella Atkins (sic)	Boarder	Unmarried	F	25	-	Preston, Lancashire
Edith Bostock	Servant	Unmarried	F	18	Servant, Domestic	Hanley, Staffordshire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 10 Church Street, Hanley, Staffordshire. (RG13-2599, folio 33, page 9)
2:	The above information is from the census returns on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk.

By the night of the 1911 Census the family had left Staffordshire and settled in Wandsworth, London:

1911 CENSUS OF WANDSWORTH, LONDON:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Frederick Tarzewell Atkins	Head	Married	M	40	Tailor's Manager	Charminster, Dorsetshire
Mary Agnes Atkins	Wife	Married	F	37	-	Preston, Lancashire
Gertrude May Atkins	Daughter	Unmarried	F	15	School	Hanley, Staffordshire
Constance Mary Atkins	Daughter	Unmarried	F	12	School	Hanley, Staffordshire
Isabella Swarbrick	S-i-L	Unmarried	F	35	-	Preston, Lancashire

NOTES:
1:	Living at 18 Grandison Road, Clapham Common, Wandsworth, London, a 4 room upper flat.
2:	Frederick and Mary were listed as married 16 years and Mary was the mother of 2 children - both living.
3:	Mary may have been pregnant with their third child, Dorothy, who was born later in 1911.
4:	Isabella Swarbrick was Mary's younger sister, (S-i-L = Sister-in-Law).
5:	The above information is from the census returns on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk.

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