Census Returns for Alfred Burgar (1839-1917) and family

 

1841 Census

Address:  11 Water Lane, Fleet Street, London

Alfred with his parents.

 

1851 Census

(Reference HO 107/1527, p 39, f 306)

Address    8, Brides Lane, St Brides, Fleet St, London

Alfred living with his father Joseph Burgar, who is now a widowe.  His wife, Caroline, died in 1849 of Cholera, leaving him to look after the welfare of his 5 children. 

 

1861 Census

(Reference RG 9/341, p 42, f 80)

Address:   9  Burton St, Newington, London

After Joseph Burgar died in 1854, his children would have had to fend for themselves.    His daughter, Susan, married Hugh Stynes in 1856 and her two siblings, Alfred and John Burgar, were now living with her.  The fact that her eldest child was called Matilda suggests that their Aunt Matilda (Locke) Burgar had helped to support the family after the death of her brother-in-law, Joseph Burgar.  Unfortunately, Matilda died in 1857, so it is possible that this is when Susan started to look after her brothers.  Her sister, Caroline, who was 14 years old at this time, was in an orphanage.  The eldest brother, Walter (1834-1898) had just married.

 

1861  Census

(Reference       RG 9/340, p 33, f 50)

Address:    12  Walworth Villas, Newington, London

Mary Wetherilt married Alfred Burgar a few months after the Census.  At the time she had a baby, George, with her.  It is thought that George was not the child of Alfred.  Grand-daughters of Mary said that there was a special relationship between Mary and her son George.  Sometime in the early 1900s Mary and George went to Kent to try to claim an inheritance, thought to be on the death of his blood father.  Apparently, ‘they were sent away with a flea in their ears’.

1871 Census

(Reference   RG 10/704, p 22, f 69)

4, Calvert Road, St Mary Battersea, Surrey

This Census shows Alfred and Mary (Wetherilt) Burgar and family.  They were married in 1861 after the 1861 Census.  The marriage Certificate has her father as Richard Wetherilt, baker.  In the 1861 Census Mary was living with her mother, Esther Wetherell, who was born in Limehouse London, and her son George.  George now has the Burgar surname.  The Mary Whithall above, mother-in-law, is thought to be a mistake and should be Esther Wetherilt.    Esther Wetherilt dies in 1876 at the age of  75, which is in agreement with her age in the 1861 Census.

 

1881 Census

(Reference  RG 11/75, p51)

Address:       2 Strewan Square, Chelsea, London

Alfred and Mary Burgar have their youngest children living with them.  Judging from the birth places of the children the family seems to have circled London.   You will see that Alfred himself is said to be born in Chelsea.  This is wrong since he was born in the City.  The older 2 boys of the family, George and Alfred William, are no longer living at home.

1891 Census

(Reference  RG12/431, p48)

Address            45, Henry St, St Stephens, Battersea, London

Alfred and Mary Ann’s family in 1991 now includes their son George and his family.

 

1901 Census

(Reference RG 13/68, p 25, f 17)

Address     11 Breer Street, Fulham, London

Hester Burgar was actually 24 years old at this time.

In the 1901 Census we have not been able to find Alfred Burgar and his son Richard.  His wife, Mary, however is present.

1911 Census

(Reference RG 14/395, p ?, f ?)

Address     Chelsea Workhouse, Britten Street, Chelsea