Wednesday, November 24, 2010

David Draper in the census returns of 1841, 1851 & 1861.


Above: The family of David Draper in the 1841 census, showing his wife Jane and two sons Henry and David. His only daughter, Jane Draper, had already married Edward Sanders and was living with him and their children nearby.

Above: The Draper family by 1851 had been depleted by the death of their wife and mother, Jane Draper, of chronic bronchitis, in 185o.


Above: David Draper's last appearance in a census return. In 1861 he was living alone, his sons having moved on. David had died by the next census, having succumbed to old age and passing away in 1867.

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