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Picture: Skegness in 1826

1851 census

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(5 of these individuals are children from the previous page)

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children of couple on previous page
Summery of totals in 1851

Picture of Skegness in 1826

The 1841 census of Skegness contains thirteen pages. The enumerator’s walk was as follows:

(Ag Lab = Agricultural Labourer

M/S = Male Servant

F/S = Female Servant)

see the map for locations

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The Church would have been St Clement’s

Butcher Sam Whiting
Parish Clerk George Rutter

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Lifeboat Keeper - Samuel Moody

People born outside Lincolnshire:

• One female - crippled pauper’s wife.
• Custom’s man and his wife
• Bricklayer and his wife

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Hotel - Thomas Enderby age 55

People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 1 wife
• 1 M/s
• 1 F/S
• 1 Ag Lab
• 2 children
• 1 ?
• 1 Parchment Maker

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School master Joseph Jepson age 40 born outside Lincolnshire

People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 4 Schoolmaster’s Family
• 1 Female age 25

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Innkeeper Joseph Hildred age 50
Chemist J Scupholme
Attourney

People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 1 wife of Attourney
• 1 Farmer
• 1 male age 15

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People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 1 ? plus wife and two children staying in New Hotel

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People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 1 Ag Lab age 75
• 1 Grocer
• 1 Ag Lab age 15

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People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 1 Female age 60

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Fisherman Thomas Green

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People born outside Lincolnshire:

• 1 female age 40

Marine Villa Thomas Grunnill age 25 fisherman
Henry Moody age 15

Summery of totals

Notes
The population figure include individuals who were staying in hotels.

The enumerator had to forcast any expected fluctuations in the local population. He wrote:

Expected Increase 26 males 18 females reason-Being favourably situated for sea **** a considerable influx is experienced during summer months chiefly of the weather ****. The season commences towards the latter end of June.

John Hassall created the Skegness Jolly Fisherman poster with the slogan ‘Skegness is SO Bracing’ in 1908, commissioned by the LNER railways.

This year, 2008, it is the centenary of the Jolly Fisherman creation and Skegness has lots of exciting events lined up to celebrate the 100th birthday.

We thought it would be a nice little 100th bithday present for Jolly if we explored the Hassall genealogy and so we have researched his famly history tree. See the link below.

Hassall was born in 1868 in Deal Kent and died in 1948.

Here is John Hassall’s birth certificate and death certificate:

John Hassall Family Tree created by Angela Gooch

Here are some links to more news stories about John Hassall and the Jolly Fisherman.

John Hassall First Visit to Skegness
Council Appeal which led to Jolly Fisherman Poster
“The Jolly Fisherman” becomes “County Hotel”
Evidence points to a Mrs Jolly Fisherman?
Jolly Fisherman Potato Crisps - Publicity for Skegness
Jolly Fisherman in Hamlet Cigar Advert
Fantasy Island Boss Rescues Jolly Fisherman heritage
Video Jolly Fisherman 100th Birthday Skegness Infants School
Jolly Fisherman may have a Wife!
Skegness Town Hall Open Day

More about John Hassall

About the census returns
Census Reports were taken in England every ten years commencing in 1841. The earlier censuses show limited information, but more may be gleaned from later returns.
Data was collected from each abode moving along a street from house to house in an orderly manner. From this, it is possible to extract the street names, abode names and obtain a rough idea of the relative positions of the streets.

The enumerator wrote down the names of each person staying in an abode on the night of the census. The family historian would note that most of the population in the early/mid 19th century could not read or write, so misspellings of surnames often occurred.
The enumerator recorded their gender and tallied this at the bottom of each sheet. By adding these figures together, a population count for a particular street, and consequently the whole town, can be derived.

The occupations of the people were also recorded. This enables conjecture of what type of people lived in a certain street. Were they mostly low paid workers or were they professional people? This may also be a guidance to the type of properties on on street.
The ages of the occupants were recorded, along with their marital status and relationship to the head of the household.

On the earlier censuses, particularly 1841, the enumerator would round the adults’ ages to the nearest 5, at his discretion. So a 23 year old may be listed as being 20 or 25. Generally, the minors were listed with their correct ages. I have found instances where individuals did not know their age or indeed where they were born. These were entered on the census sheet as ‘unknown’.
The ‘place born’ was recorded on all the reports. However, in 1841 all that was required was to state whether one was born within the county or not.

Accuracy and Problems
Reading census returns is fraught with problems:

* The enumerator’s handwriting is in the old style of flourishing script, (nothing like modern writing), which is sometimes difficult to decipher.
* Sometimes the ink is faded, particularly in sections of the 1841 census causing complete pages to be illegible.
* Occasionally, the actual photograph of the image is out of focus.
* Facts and figures like a person’s age or where they were born are simply not known.

Other factors which will cause an imperfect analysis are:

* My own errors in reading, interpretation, calculation and typing
* the fact that I have discounted uninhabited houses or houses which are being built in the ‘number of abodes’ figures.

You get the drift!

This website is to provide a general insight to the people, their jobs, the general trend of the populations of Skegness.
It is by no means a mathematical exercise!
I will happily provide any copies of the census if you wish to examine a particular page.