Norfolk: Brettenham

Census: 1841

The National Archives (was PRO) ref is HO/107/781/3

Surname Index

The following surnames are contained in the document. The numbers following each are the Page number (12, 13 or 14) in Folios 2 and 3 [the census is contained entirely in two Folios] which contain one or more occurences of the name.

Alderton (p12, p13)
Aves (p13)
Baker (p14)
Balls (p14)
Bird (p12)
Boby (p12)

Cock (p12)
Denny (p13)
Edwards (p14)
Fuller (p14)
Hambling (p14)
Howlet (p14)

Jerman (p12)
Kerridge (p12)
Millinger (p12)
Palmer (p12)
Pearl (p12)

Ripper (p12)
Rouse (p14)
Tyler (p13)
Whistler (p12)
Woolsey (p14)

See Notes for most entries marked with a "(*)".

The Census

Census place (parish, township, etc.)
- Hundred = Shropham
- Supt. Registrar's District = Thetford
- Registration District = Thetford
- Enumeration District = 15
- Description = Brettenham
The columns transcribed are as follows :-
- Address (street, number, etc.)
- Un = "Uninhabited or Building"
- In = "Inhabited"
  - A "/" in this column indicates more than one household at the same address - although the enumerator is not always consistent.
- Surname / Forename / Relationship to head / Marital condition
- Age / Male or Female (rounded to nearest 5 years. Under 15 yrs is exact)
- Occupations
- Whether born in same County ( Y or N ).
- Whether born in S(cotland), I(reland),or F(oreign) Parts.

F(olio) 2 - Page 12

PLACE	In	Names	Age/ M	Sex F	Profession Trade	Born County
Brettenham Hall	One	John Palmer	55		Farmer	Y
		Elizabeth D^o		50		Y
	/
		John Boby	30		Farmer	Y
		John Pearl	40		Labourer	Y
		John Whistler	18		M. S.	Y
		Mary Jerman		20	F. S.	Y
		Susan Ripper		20	F. S.	Y
		Maria Alderton		15	F. S.	Y
	//
	One	Abraham Kerridge	58		Labourer	Y
		Sarah D^o		51		Y
		Henry D^o	7			Y
	/
	One	Havis Kerridge (*)	31		Labourer	Y
		Martha D^o		32		Y
		William D^o	9			Y
		George D^o	7			Y
		Charles D^o	5			Y
		Sarah D^o		2		Y
		Elizabeth D^o		1		Y
	//
	One	William Cock	35		Labourer	Y
		Sarah D^o		30		Y
		James D^o	5 mon			Y
	/
		William Bird	20		Labourer	Y
		Edward D^o	20		D^o	Y
		William Millenger	19		D^o	Y
	//

TOTAL in } Page 12 }	4		15	9

(See Notes)

F(olio) 3 Page 13
Brettenham	One	William Alderton	75		[Infirm] Ag Labourer	Y
		Thomas D^o	40		Ag Labourer	Y
		Phoebe D^o		40		Y
		William D^o	14			Y
		John D^o	4			Y
		Mary D^o		10		Y
		Elizabeth D^o		1		Y
	/
	One	Thomas Denny	35		Ag Labourer	Y
		Elizebeth D^o (*)		35		Y
		Harriott D^o		12		Y
		Elizebeth D^o		6		Y
		Leonard D^o	10			Y
		Henry D^o	8			Y
		Jacob D^o	2			Y
	/
	One	Burton Aves (*)	30		Shepherd	Y
		Mary Ann D^o		25		Y
		Lucy D^o		6		Y
		Maria D^o		4		Y
		Charles D^o	2			Y
		Richard D^o	9 mon			Y
	/
		Edward D^o	40		Shepherd	Y
		William Tyler	22		D^o	Y

TOTAL in } Page 13 }	3		13	9

F(olio) 3 Page 14
Brettenham	One	Richard Balls	60		Labourer	Y
		Elizabeth D^o		60		Y
		John D^o	37		D^o	Y
		Thomas D^o	30		D^o	Y
		Naoni (sic - *) D^o		34		Y
		Rob^t D^o	10			Y
		John D^o	7			Y
		Reuben D^o	3			Y
		Betsey D^o		9 mon		Y
	/
		William Baker	20		Ag Labourer	Y
		John Edwards	20		Ag D^o	Y
		George Howlet	17		Ag D^o	Y
		Christ^r Hambling	17		Ag D^o	No
		William Fuller	16		Ag D^o	No
		George Rouse	16		Ag D^o	No
		John Woolsey	15		Ag D^o	No
	//

TOTAL in } Page 14 }	1		13	3

Page No	Inhabited Houses	Males	Females
Total on Page 12	4	15	9
Total on Page 13	3	13	9
Total on Page 14	1	13	3

Totals	8	41	21

Total of Persons 62

[End of Census Document]

Notes

All shorthand contractions in the document have been reproduced as written.
Where the age is given in "Months" this has been contracted to "Mon" in the transcription.
The abbreviations are "Ag Labourer" = "Agricultural Labourer", "Christ^r" = "Christopher", "D^o" = "Ditto", "F. S." = "Female Servant", and "M. S." = "Male Servant".
The text enclosed in "[]" was on the original but had been crossed out but has been included here for completeness.
In other documents and transcriptions the following alternative spellings have been seen which appear to refer to the same people/places:-
Aves/Avis/Avers, Boby/Bobby, "Elizebeth Denny"/"Elizabeth Denny", Kerridge/Kerrich/Kerradge, Millenger/Mullenger, Pearl/Purl
At bottom of page 12 in the margin was :- "Detached from Rushford Parish Guiltcross Hundred
Norfolk C^o N^o of Dis^t [District] 15"
The following are noted from Gooderstone Parish Registers etc. :-
- Baptism of "Havers" the son of Abraham and Anne KERRICH on 6th Nov 1809. The 1851 Census says that Havers KERRIDGE was born in Gooderson, Norfolk which is actually Gooderstone. Other census appear to record the same person as "Haves" and "Havis".
The following are noted from Brettenham Parish Registers etc. :-
- Marriages - 1813 to 1836 - No. 16 :-
  Havers KERRIDGE of Bridgeham [Bridgham] - single and Martha COOPER of Brettenham - single, were married by Banns on 3rd July 1830 by Thomas METHOLD Jun^r - Curate and both bride and groom made their marks. This curate registered their children with same spelling ie. KERRIDGE.
- Baptisms - 1813 to 1903 :-
  - Entry 23 in 1832 - William son of Havers and Martha KERRIDGE of Brettenham
    Entry 27 in 1834 - George son of Havers and Martha KERAGE of Brettenham
    Entry 30 in 1835 - Charles son of Havers and Martha KERAGE of Brettenham.
    The KERAGE entries are made by Thomas Lewis JONES, Rector of Brettenham.
  - Entry 36 - Charles son of Burton and Mary Ann AVIS on 21st Oct 1837 - his occupation was a Shepherd.
    Entry 37 - Ruben (sic) son of John and Naomi BALLS bapt. on 25th Dec 1838. John was a Labourer and also the Parish Clerk.

See also the Brettenham parish page and the main Census page.

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