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4 Ravensdowne

1881 Census (Also no. 6)

1901 Census (Also no. 5)

1881 Census

4 Ravensdowne

NAME	RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF FAMILY	MARITAL STATUS	AGE	OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN?
John WRIGHT	Head	Married	62	Accountant	Nd. Ford
Rachel WRIGHT	Wife	Married	52	Wife	Nd. Cornhill
Annie Laidler FLUKER	Daughter	Married	27	Sailor’s wife	Yorkshire, Gomersal
James FLUKER	Grandson	——-	1	——-	Nd. Berwick
Agnes BELL	Servant	Unmarried	25	Domestic Servant	Scotland, Whitsome, Berwickshire
Euphemia OLIVER	Servant	Unmarried	17	Domestic Servant	Scotland, Eckford
Matthew LAIDLER	Visitor	——-	56	Farmer of 470 Acres, employ 7 labourers and 2 boys	Nd. Cornhill

6 Ravensdowne is side entrance

James Laidler SCOTT

Visitor

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Farmer of 190 Acres, employ 2 labourers

Nd. Fishwick Mains

4 Ravensdowne

NAME	RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF FAMILY	MARITAL STATUS	AGE	OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN?
Ellen BURN	Servant	Single	23	Domestic Servant	Scotland, Reston
Jane A. NURSE	Servant	Single	19	Domestic Servant	Nd. Berwick

4 & 5 Ravensdowne

NAME	RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF FAMILY	MARITAL STATUS	AGE	OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN?
Henry R. SMAILS	HEAD	Widower	55	Newspaper Proprietor	Nd. Berwick
Henry R. SMAILS	Son	——-	11	——-	Nd. Berwick
Frank W. SMAILS	Son	——-	8	——-	Nd. Berwick
Ingram R.M. SMAILS	Son	——-	6	——-	Nd. Berwick
Catherine R. SMAILS	Sister	Single	59	——-	Nd. Berwick
Eliza F. SMAILS	Sister	Single	43	——-	Nd. Berwick
Abigail F. CHISHOLM Listed as living at No.5	Servant	Single	21	——-	Scotland

4 Ravensdowne

NAME	RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF FAMILY	MARITAL STATUS including no. of years married & children	AGE	OCCUPATION	WHERE BORN?
Henry Richardson SMAIL	Head	Widower	65	Publisher (Newspaper)	Nd. Berwick
Eliza. Fanny SMAIL	Sister	Single	58	Spinster	Nd. Berwick
Henry Richardson SMAIL	Son	Single	21	Journalist	Nd. Berwick
Margaret WHITE	Servant	Single	18	General Servant (Domestic)	Nd. Berwick
Jemima MATHIS	Servant	Single	19	Housemaid (Domestic)	Nd. Berwick

4 Ravensdowne house and garden

1885-1886	Rachael WIGHT
1888-1889	Rachael WIGHT
1892-1893	Annie Laidler FLUSHER
1903-1904	Henry Richardson SMAIL
1905-1906	Henry Richardson SMAIL
1906-1907	Henry Richardson SMAIL
1914-1915	Henry Richardson SMAIL
1918-1919	Henry Richardson SMAIL
19291-1930	Henry Richardson SMAIL, Jean RIDDELL
1932-1933	Henry Richardson SMAIL, Isabella SHIELS
1937-1938	Henry Richardson SMAIL, Catherine McFEETERS, Jane SHIEL
1947-1948	Isabella LYALL, Catherine McFEETERS, Henry Richardson SMAIL