Census Returns: John Dunn

  Trade Cards and Bills.

John Dunn, Cooper and Cork-Cutter of Reading, Berkshire
in Census Returns

Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website.
Note: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over.
Name Age   Occupation Born in County?
1841 census – Southampton Street, St Giles Reading     Reference: HO107/36/5 (folio 9, p. 13)
John Dunn 40 Builder Y
Ann Dunn 40   N
Elizabeth Dunn 14   Y
Susannah Dunn 12   Y
Rebecca Dunn 11   Y
John Dunn 9   Y
Note: Ann Dunn, aged 42, of Southampton Street, was buried at St Giles Church, Reading, on
18 December 1841 (Berkshire Burial Index, Berkshire Family History Society).
1841 census – Broad Street, St Mary Reading     Reference: HO107/34/7 (folio 3, p. 1)
John Okey 50 Cooper & Cork-Cutter N
Mary A Okey 40   Y
Priscilla Painter 20 Female Servant N
Note: John Okey, aged 61 of Broad Street, was buried at St Mary’s Church, Reading on
17 February 1845 (Berkshire Burial Index, Berkshire Family History Society).
It appears that John Dunn took over the Broad Street business of John Okey.

Name and relation to
Head of household
Marital
Status
Age Occupation Birth Place
1851 census – 127 Broad Street, St Mary Reading     Reference: HO107/1692 (folio 103, p. 44)
John Dunn Head Married 52 Builder employing 7 men
and 2 apprentices.
Cork-Cutter employing 2 men.
Cooper employing one man
and one boy.
Lambourn, Berkshire
Mary A Dunn Wife Married 51   Reading, Berkshire
Susanna Dunn     Daughter Unmarried 22   Reading, Berkshire
Rebecca Dunn Daughter Unmarried 20   Reading, Berkshire
Thomas Dunn Son   6 Scholar Reading, Berkshire
Note: In the 1861 census the address 127 Broad Street, Reading was occupied by John Swain, a Brush Maker, and his family (reference: RG09/745, folio 22, p. 36).

1861 census – Caversham Street, Caversham, Oxfordshire
                        Reference: RG09/883 (folio 12, p. 18)
Richard Munt Head Widower 64 Retired Grocer Streatley, Berkshire
Ann Munt Daughter Unmarried 36 Housekeeper St Mary Reading
Ellen Grace Munt Daughter Unmarried 25 Teacher St Mary Reading
Mary Ann Dunn Sister-
in-law
Widow 61 Annuitant St Giles Reading


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