Desborough - People
Thomas Laker
1841 Census1851 Census1861 Census1871 Census1881 Census
: Horsham, Sussex| 30 | East St
no. 60 | Census date: 3 April 1881 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| Eliza Laker | Head | Widow | | 43 | Lodging House Keeper | Wymondham
Norfolk | |
| Charles G Matthews | Son | Unm | 15 | | Ironmonger | Horsham
Sussex | |
| Thomas Laker | Son | | 8 | | Scholar | Horsham
Sussex | |
| George Hudson | Lodger | Unm | 42 | | Butcher | Arundel
Sussex | |
| Oliver Richard | Lodger | Unm | 37 | | Farm Laborer | Wellington
Salop | |
| William Clark | Lodger | Unm | 30 | | Groom | Shinfold
Sussex | |
| George Feast | Lodger | Unm | 27 | | Tailor | Chipping---
Essex | |
| Henry Sherlock | Lodger | Unm | 17 | | Fishmonger | East Grinstead
Sussex | |
1891 Census
: Horsham, Sussex| 148 | Park Terrace W
no. 15 | Census date: 1 April 1891 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| Charles G Matthews | Head | Mar | 25 | | Ironmongers Assistant | Horsham
Sussex | |
| Louisa Matthews | Wife | Mar | | 25 | | Hambledon
Surrey | |
| Thomas Laker | Half Brother | S | 18 | | Drapers Apprentice | Horsham
Sussex | |
In 1891 Thomas's future wife, Annie Holmes, was living in Horsham with her uncle John Arundel, a draper. Might he be the one to whom Thomas was apprenticed?1901 Census: Desborough| 57 | Station Rd
no. 52 | Census date: 31 March 1901 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| Thomas Laker | Head | M | 28 | | Clothier Manager, Worker | Horsham
Sussex | |
| Annie Laker | Wife | M | | 27 | | Knaresborough
Yorkshire | |
| Eliza Laker | M-in-Law | Wid | | 63 | | Wymondham
Norfolk | |
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