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DoggerboatHouseholds at Doggerboat
As each new generation came along, houses were generally extended or a further house built thus giving rise to a new household consisting of a son or daughter and their children. Where grandparents, children and great grandchildren are within the same household then it is likely that they will be all within the same dwelling.
Looking at the households at Doggerboat at the time of the different censuses, gives an idea of the generations and the different dwellings on the tenancy.
 
Heads of Households at Doggerboat |
Census |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
1841 |
John Harcus |
Wm Drummond |
Wm Harcus |
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1851 |
John Harcus |
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1861 |
John Hercus |
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John Hercus |
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1871 |
John Hercus |
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John Hercus |
Peter Hercus |
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1881 |
John Hercus |
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Peter Hercus |
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1891 |
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Peter Hercus |
1901 |
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Peter Hercus |
(1) John Harcus (son of James Harcus and Marion Allan)
(2) Wm Drummond (related to Jane Drummond, wife of John Harcus?)
(3) Wm Harcus (son of John Harcus and Jane Drummond)
(4) John Harcus (son of John Harcus and Jane Drummond)
(5) Peter Hercus (son of John Hercus and Jane Drummond)
(6) Peter Harcus (son of Peter Harcus snr. and his wife, also Jane Drummond)
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