1871 Census Entry for 173 Drury Lane, Holborn, London

Sainsbury's first shop, at 173 Drury Lane, opened in 1869. Two years later, in April 1871, the census enumerator recorded the presence of four familes, including John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury and their young son John John Benjamin living in the four floors above the shop. Each family probably occupied only two or three rooms.

 

Name

Surname

Relation to Head of Family

 

Condition

Age

Sex

Occupation

Where Born

John James

Sainsbury

Head

Married

26

Male

Dairyman

Lambeth

Mary Ann

Sainsbury

Wife

Married

23

Female

Wife

Hampstead Road

John Benjamin

Sainsbury

Son

Unmarried

3 months

Male

 

St Giles

Maria

Hill

Head

Widow

70

Female

 

Kent, Sittingbourne

Alfred

Hill

Son

Unmarried

37

Male

Gold & Silver Refiner

London

Cornelius Ross

Mitchell

Head

Married

46

Male

Ink Manufacturer's Traveller

Whitefriars Street

Emily Ann

Mitchell

Wife

Married

28

Female

Wife

Surrey, Kennington Road

Emily Ada Maria

Mitchell

Daughter

Unmarried

4

Female

 

Southampton

George Arthur

Mitchell

Son

Unmarried

2

Male

 

London, Bayswater

Percy Edward

Mitchell

Son

Unmarried

4 months

Male

 

Middlesex, Acton

Henry Thomas

Dennis

Head

Married

32

Male

Police Constable

Surrey, Dorking

Fanny

Dennis

Wife

Married

34

Female

Wife

South Wales, Nicholaston

Isabella

Dennis

Daughter

Unmarried

2

Female

 

Surrey, Upper Norwood

 

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