Neil Family Census Returns
          CENSUS  RETURN
                       TRANSCRIPTS

      FOR
NEIL/NEAL OR VARIANTS


These are the Census return transcripts for my own Neil research in Whitehaven and Tranmere.


1841 Census
Key Plan, Whitehaven, Cumberland (HO107/177/3/11/16)

Hannah Neale       age 28                                            born in county
John         "                       3                                             born      "

John senior born 1817 would be at sea.  Son Thomas looks as though he died
Dec 1839.



1841 Census
Key Plan Whitehaven (HO107/177/3/11/16)

John Raven  age 33  J Mason          born in county
Elizabeth "            34                             "        "
Joseph     "           10                             "         " 

Elizabeth is sister of the above Hannah            


1851 Census

Strand street, Whitehaven 
(HO 107/2436 Folios 359 - 450)

John Nail        age 35                     mariner                       born Scotland
Hannah "  (wife)    36                                                          born in Whitehaven
Hannah "  (dau)       8



1851 Census
James Pit, Preston Quarter, Whitehaven (HO107/2437/54/6)

John Raven   head  age 43     Stone mason                 born Whitehaven
Elizabeth  "    wife            44                                                born Mossley?
Joseph     "    son             20     Shipwright                      born Whitehaven
Hannah Wilson wid         75     lodger/mason's wife    born Yorkshire
Mary        "         dau          32     labourer                           born Whitehaven
Ruth         "           "            16                                                born     "
John         "        son          13                                               born      "
Hannah     "      dau          10                                                born      "

(Hannah Wilson is Elizabeth and Mary's mother, Ruth John & Hannah age 10 are Mary's children)?
but John, son of Hannah and John (would be the same age and I cnanot find him).


1851 Census
Kirkdale Industrial School, Liverpool (HO107/2190/588A)

Ann Dixon        age 12                              b Whitehaven

(Ann Dixon married John Neil in 1862 at Kirkdale)



1861 Census
No. 6, James' Pit, Preston Quarter,Whitehaven, Cumbria     (RG9/3949/87/4)

John Ravin  head  age 53     Stone Mason            b Whitehaven 
Elizabeth "   wife           54                                           b      "
John Neil    boarder      24     Ship's Carpenter      b Whitehaven    
Hannah "     servant     19      House Servant          b        "      


(NB It appears that Elizabeth Raven was nee Wilson, the same surname as John Neil's mother Hannah-
were they sisters?)


Also at No. 6 James Pit:

Mary Wilson head  unm  43     Laundress      b Whitehaven
Hannah    "    dau              20               "              b        "

(Mary Wilson is Elizabeth Raven's sister) 
No sign of John Neil, mariner or his wife Hannah.




1871 Census
15 West View, Tranmere (HO107/3751/66)

John Neil           head  age 32          ships carpenter        b Whitehaven
Ann     "               wife           30                                                b     "
John Raven       son              8         scholar                        b     "
Thomas Dixon  son              6               "                               b      "
Simon                  son              4                                               b  Liverpool
Wm Robert         son              1                                               b  Tranmere



1881 Census
15 West View, Tranmere  (RG11/3587/5/10)

John Neil    Head   age 45   Ship's carpenter         b Whitehaven
Annie  "        wife            40                                            b        "
Thomas "     son            16   Engine cleaner (rail)   b        "
Simon     "    son            14   Baker                              b  Liverpool
William    "    son            11   scholar                           b Tranmere
Joseph H  " son               7      "                                    b      "
Fred        "     son              2                                             b      "
Albert     "     son             5mths                                    b      "
Mary A   "     dau               9   scholar                           b      "
Hannah  "     dau              4        "                                  b       "
Isabelle   "     dau            5mths                                    b       "
Mary Farrar                      53   charwoman                  b Dundalk, Ireland



        
1881 Census
11 Eastlake St, Everton, Lancashire (RG11/3665/21/36)

Thomas Neale   head  age 40          Master Mariner           b Whitehaven
Elizabeth   "          wife         40                                                 b Ireland
Mary S       "           dau           8                                                  b Whitehaven
Eleanor     "           dau         15          School Teacher          b Whitehaven
Kate           "          dau          18          Milliner                           b Whitehaven
John J       "          son          5                                                    b Liverpool
Thomas Nolan   Border     14          Shop Boy                     b Ieland

[Thomas could be the brother of John Neil, although further research has shown that this
could be a totally different Thomas and that the brother of John, died as a child!]



1891 Census
68 Old Chester Rd, Tranmere (RG12/2888/83/40)

William R  Neil     head  age 21        Engine Cleaner            born Tranmere
Mary A         "        sister         19                                                 born      "
Joseph H    "        brother      17        R  ???  Boy                  born      "

Hannah W  "        sister          14        scholar                          born      "
Frederick    "        brother      12               "                               born      "
Albert E       "        brother      10               "                               born      "

(John Neil, father died in 1890 and Ann, the mother in early 1891)


1891 Census
15 Northcote Street, Everton, Lancashire (RG12/2946/90/27)

Thomas Maile   head        age  51      Master Mariner               born Whitehaven
Elizabeth  "        wife                  51                                                 born Wexford
Catherine  "       dau                   27                                                 born Liverpool  
Mary        "          dau                   18                                                 born      "
John        "          son                   15                                                born       "
Elizabeth Campbell  boarder   23                                               born       "

(Mis-transcribed as Maile - should be Naile)



1901 Census
18 Roslyn Street, Birkenhead (RG13/3398/37/18/112)

Joseph Hy Niel  head  age 27         Dock Labourer                 born Tranmere, Cheshire
Phobe           "     wife            25                                                       born    "     "

Fredrick Geo "   son               3                                                       born  New Ferry   "
Joseph Hy     "   son               2                                                       born    "      "
John              "     son               1                                                       born Liverpool, Lancs        
Wm               "       son       11months                                             born Tranmere, Cheshire

(nb Incorrectly transcribed as Niel - should be Neil)



1901 Census
33 Roman Street, Seaforth, Lancs (RG13/3444/18/28/167)

John Neil    head      age 38        Carpenter's Labourer         born Whitehaven, Cumb
Elizabeth "  wife               41                                                          born Birkenhead
Edith     "     dau                  8                                                          born Seaforth
Matilda   "    dau                  6                                                          born Seaforth
John       "    dau                  1                                                          born Seaforth

(This is John Raven Neil, son of John)



1901 Census
13 Howell Street, Broughton, Lancashire (RG13/3726/16/23)

Thomas Neil    head   age 37     Electrician                         born Whitehaven
Ellen       "          wife            33                                                  born Plymouth, Devon
Annie      "         dau               4                                                  born Bootle
Alice       "          dau               3                                                  born     "
Emily      "          dau               1                                                  born      "
Albert     "       brother          20     Electrician's labourer    born Tranmere, Cheshire

(NB This is Thomas Dixon Neil, son of John)



1901 Census
307 Walton Buck Rd, Walton on the Hill, Lancs (RG13/3455/)

Elizabeth Naile    head    wid    age 61                                           born Wexford, Ireland
Catherine E "       dau                        38    Milliner                           born Whitehaven, Cumb
John J       "           son                       25     Accountant's clerk     born Liverpool


By 1918 Joseph Henry Neil and Pheobe were living at 4 Rose Cottages,
Lower Tranmere, Birkenhead and Joseph was a Coal Merchant.