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Dorset in the 1881 Census

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Surnames starting with B

Bennett households

Benney households

Benns households

Benskin households

Benson households

Bent households

Bentley households

Bergner households

Berkeley households

Bernard households

Bernasconi households

Berry households

Berwood households

Besant households

Besent households

Besley households

Bessant households

Bessent households

Best households

There were 343 people with this surname in Dorset in 1881. The most common occupations for people with the surname Best in Dorset in 1881 were Scholar for women and Scholar for men. People with the surname Best in Dorset in 1881 were most likely to have the first names of Elizabeth, George, Jane, Mary, William, Charles, Ellen, Albert, Henry or James.

Head of Household

Albert E

Date of Birth

1852

Address

Heatherland Village

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Alfred

Date of Birth

1852

Address

--

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Alfred

Date of Birth

1855

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Ambrose

Date of Birth

1812

Address

--

People in the house

9

Head of Household

Andrew

Date of Birth

1831

Address

--

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Ann

Date of Birth

1844

Address

Grosvenor Road

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Arthur

Date of Birth

1837

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Caroline

Date of Birth

1831

Address

High Street

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Charles

Date of Birth

1834

Address

Oakfield Street

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Charles

Date of Birth

1823

Address

--

People in the house

3

Head of Household

Charles

Date of Birth

1814

Address

--

People in the house

1

Head of Household

Charles

Date of Birth

1810

Address

--

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Charles

Date of Birth

1845

Address

Sawpit Green

People in the house

7

Head of Household

David

Date of Birth

1804

Address

--

People in the house

3

Head of Household

David

Date of Birth

1830

Address

--

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Edward

Date of Birth

1816

Address

St Martins Lane

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Edward

Date of Birth

1839

Address

Church Street

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Edward

Date of Birth

1815

Address

--

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Eliza

Date of Birth

1818

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Emanuel

Date of Birth

1813

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Francis H

Date of Birth

1838

Address

Belvidere

People in the house

9

Head of Household

Frederic

Date of Birth

1854

Address

Village South With

People in the house

3

Head of Household

Frederick

Date of Birth

1846

Address

West Street Fowlers Lane

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Frederick

Date of Birth

1861

Address

East Street

People in the house

2

Head of Household

George

Date of Birth

1844

Address

--

People in the house

6

Head of Household

George

Date of Birth

1828

Address

Poole Road

People in the house

4

Head of Household

George

Date of Birth

1808

Address

--

People in the house

3

Head of Household

George

Date of Birth

1844

Address

Stoborough Corfe Road

People in the house

7

Head of Household

George

Date of Birth

1807

Address

Church Street

People in the house

3

Head of Household

George H

Date of Birth

1844

Address

West Street

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Henry

Date of Birth

1811

Address

Wareham Road

People in the house

3

Head of Household

Henry

Date of Birth

1839

Address

West Street

People in the house

3

Head of Household

Henry

Date of Birth

1833

Address

East Street

People in the house

7

Head of Household

Henry

Date of Birth

1808

Address

Ropers Lane

People in the house

4

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1824

Address

Flower Garden

People in the house

3

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1837

Address

Victoria Road

People in the house

2

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1821

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1837

Address

--

People in the house

7

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1855

Address

Bay Hog Lane

People in the house

2

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1831

Address

Chapel Road

People in the house

5

Head of Household

James

Date of Birth

1840

Address

Morton Village

People in the house

7

Head of Household

John

Date of Birth

1806

Address

Market Place

People in the house

3

Head of Household

John

Date of Birth

1848

Address

--

People in the house

6

Head of Household

John

Date of Birth

1803

Address

Folly Mill Lane

People in the house

2

Head of Household

John B C

Date of Birth

1843

Address

North Street

People in the house

1

Head of Household

John M

Date of Birth

1821

Address

--

People in the house

10

Head of Household

Joseph

Date of Birth

1850

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Joseph

Date of Birth

1843

Address

Bulls Head Yard

People in the house

9

Head of Household

Mark

Date of Birth

1840

Address

--

People in the house

8

Head of Household

Mark

Date of Birth

1847

Address

--

People in the house

7

Head of Household

Mary

Date of Birth

1826

Address

West Street Fowlers Lane

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Mary J

Date of Birth

1814

Address

--

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Merit

Date of Birth

1820

Address

Rose Cott

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Rachel

Date of Birth

1803

Address

--

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Richard H

Date of Birth

1826

Address

South Street

People in the house

4

Head of Household

Robert

Date of Birth

1841

Address

--

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Robert

Date of Birth

1832

Address

--

People in the house

6

Head of Household

Samuel

Date of Birth

1836

Address

New Street

People in the house

3

Head of Household

Sarah

Date of Birth

1808

Address

--

People in the house

1

Head of Household

Susan

Date of Birth

1821

Address

Main Street

People in the house

2

Head of Household

Thomas

Date of Birth

1842

Address

--

People in the house

5

Head of Household

William

Date of Birth

1849

Address

--

People in the house

8

Head of Household

William

Date of Birth

1842

Address

Wareham Road

People in the house

5

Head of Household

William

Date of Birth

1817

Address

East Street

People in the house

2

Head of Household

William

Date of Birth

1812

Address

Church Lane

People in the house

2

Head of Household

William H

Date of Birth

1858

Address

East Street

People in the house

3

Bethel households

Betsworth households

Betts households

Betty households

Betty (?) households

Bevan households

Bevercombe households

Beverley households

Beverstock households

Bevis households

Beviss households

Bewhay households

Bewsey households

Beydas households

Bicker households

Bickers households

Bickford households

Bicknell households

Bickton households

Biddescombe households

Biddiscombe households

Biddle households

Biddlecombe households

Biddscombe households

Bidgood households

Biffen households

Bigden households

Bigdin households

Bigg households

Biggs households

Bigler households