In the 1881 census, in the High Street of Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, we find Edward
Turton in a household with two entries for Wife - Hannah and Elizabeth. Shocking!
Reading the names on the page carefully, in sequence, with their respective ages, we see:
- Edward Turton, Head, age 71
- Hannah Turton, Wife, age 61
- Edward Turton, Son, age 31
- Elizabeth M Turton Wife, age 32
So, another example of relationships recorded on the census not actually being relationship to the Head of the household. Elizabeth, listed as the second Wife in the household, we may assume was connected to Edward junior and was really the daughter-in-law of Edward senior.
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FreeBMD shows the following marriage couples in the Isle of Wight:
- Edward Turton and Hannah Westcott married in 1846
- Edward Turton and Elizabeth Marshall Fowler married in 1880
So Edward junior was recently married and had brought his new wife to live in his parents' home.
The 1881 census records occupations for the men and the women too:
- Edward senior - Hairdresser Employing 2 Men, with an Apprentice Hairdresser in the household, age 16.
- Edward junior - Hairdresser
- Elizabeth - Ladies Hairdresser
- Hannah - Lodging House Keeper, with a Domestic Servant in the household, age 18.
Hannah was a long way from her early life as the daughter of a Labourer in Devon, whilst Elizabeth, also known as Lizzie, was the daughter of a Hairdresser from Yorkshire.