Joseph and Elizabeth Steward Census Records

1851 Census for Poplar, County of Middlesex, England (30th day of March 1851)
Civil Parish (or Township)
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Parliamentary Borough of
Town of
Village or Hamlet of
Local Board
Ecclesiastical District of
Enumeration Date
 Poplar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         
Age of
    
No. of House holder's Schedule
Name of Street, Place, or Road, and Name or No. of House
Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March 1851
Relation to Head of Family
Condition
Male
Female
Rank, Profession, or Occupation
Where Born
150 
12 Chrisp Street
James Steward 
Head
Mar 
23 
 
Dock Labourer 
Middx Poplar 
 
 
 Elizabeth Steward
Wife 
Mar
 
23 
" 
Middx Poplar 
 
 
Elizabeth Steward 
Daur
 
4 
 
at Home 
Middx Poplar 
 
 
Joseph Steward 
Son 
 
2 
 
at Home 
Middx Poplar 
 
 
Charles Steward 
Son 
 
 1m
 
at Home 
Middx Poplar 
151 
12 Chrisp Street
Charles Hooper
Head
Mar
29 
 
Rigger 
Middx Poplar 
 
 
Emma A. Hooper
Wife 
Mar
 
 28
" 
Middx Limehouse 
 
 
Agnes Hooper
Daur
 
 
 8
 Scholar
Middx Poplar 
152
12 Chrisp Street
Jemmima Steward
Head
Wid
 
29 
Receiving Parish Relief
Middx Poplar 
 
 
 Jemmima Steward
Daur
 
 
5 
at Home 
Middx Poplar 
 
 
 Susan Steward
Daur
 
 
2 
Rigger 
Middx Poplar 

Notes on the 1851 Census
  • The above census data was found in a March 2004 search by Dave Jordan at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
  • An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as it is on the original record; some wording changes have been made for clarity and further information on the meaning of column headings is on the census sheet.
  • The data is from HO107/1556 Folio 396.
      • Robert Melbourne Steward born unknown, England; married Jemima Mary of unknown surname
        • Louisa Steward born 26 April 1848; baptized 17 November 1850 at All Saints Poplar
        • Jemima Mary born 26 March 1850; baptized 17 November 1850 at All Saints Poplar
  • The data shows three families living at 12 Chrisp Street in Poplar on the 30th March 1851.
  • It is certain that the first family is the Joseph and Elizabeth Steward family, although the name is shown as James instead of Joseph. More below on why this is so.
  • The second family is the Charles and Emma A. Hooper family. On his birth registration, one month old Charles Steward is shown as "Charles Hooper Steward." At first it we thought that Emma might have been a sister to Joseph Steward, but reseach by Diane Cusiel indicates that Emma's maiden name was not Steward. In 2006 Diane wrote that she had found a marriage of Charles Hooper and Emma Agnes Emblem on freebmd – September Q 1841 in Shoreditch.  She also wrote that there is a death of a Emma A. Hooper in September 1866 in Stepney, aged 44, which would be correct going by her age on the 1851 census. Thus it appears that Emma A. is Emma A. Emblem.
  • Thus Charles and Emma Hooper were probably Charles Hooper Steward's baptismal sponsors and/or good friends of his parents. And as a result Charles Hooper Steward (1851) was named after a close friend of the Joseph and Elizabeth Steward family.
  • The third family is the 1851 Census listing at 12 Chrisp Street was Jemmima Steward family. Jemmima is a widow and the presumed wife of a brother of Joseph Steward who died between 1848-1851. The baptismal index shows a Jemima Mary Steward born 26 March 1850; baptized 17 November 1850 at All Saints Poplar to Robert Melbourne Steward and Jemima Mary Steward. However, she would have been one and not five years old at the time of the census. Robert and Jemima Mary had another child Louisa Steward born 26 April 1848; baptized 17 November 1850 at All Saints Poplar. Louisa is not shown either so it is likely, Robert Melbourne Steward is not connected to the Jemmima above.
  • As of January 2008, no death date for a Steward in the 1848-1851 timeframe in Poplar could be found, though it is possible he died elsewhere. In addition, no marriage match could be found, and neither of Jemmima's children Jemmima (Jemima) or Susan could be found in the BMD index, even though the 1851 census states that they are.
  • Additional interpretations for the Joseph and Elizabeth Steward family is as follows:
    • Ages of 23 for Joseph (James) and Elizabeth suggest years of birth of 1827-1828, which is consistent with the data in subsequent census.
    • It is known that Elizabeth Priscilla Holloway Steward was born 27 February 1847 and was thus 4 years old, which matches Elizabeth Steward in the above record. Elizabeth is clearly shown as daughter to the "Head" and not "adopted daughter" or "mother's daughter" or the like. And her surname is clearly Steward. Both these entries thus strongly suggest our Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Steward, the man Elizabeth Holloway married 11 June 1848, some 16 months after Elizabeth's birth.
    • Young Joseph Steward was born 18 June 1849. He was really only one, but it looks like they round up to two.
    • Charles Hooper Steward was born 27 February 1851 at 12 Chrisp Street in Poplar. The age of 1 month and a Street location of 12 Chrisp Street are a perfect match with this 1851 Census record.
  • If wish to explore any of this data further, please contact Dave directly.


1871 Census for Poplar, County of Middlesex, England (2 April 1871)
Civil Parish (or Township)
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Parliamentary Borough of
Town of
Village or Hamlet of
Local Board
Ecclesiastical District of
Enumeration Date
 Poplar
 
 
 Tower Hamlets
 
 
 
 St. Stephens
 April 3, 1871

         
AGE last Birthday of
    
No. of Schedule
ROAD, STREET and NO. or NAME of HOUSE
NAME and Surname of each Person
RELATION to Head of Family
CONDITION as to Marriage
Male
Female
Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION
WHERE BORN
 75
 20 Wade St.
 Joseph Steward
 Head
 Mar
 45
 
 Stevedores Labourer
 Middlesex, Poplar
 
 
 Elizabeth Steward
 Wife
 Mar
 
 45
 
 Middlesex, Poplar
 
 
 Joseph Steward
 Son
 Unmar
 20
 
 Stevedores Labourer
 Middlesex, Poplar
 
 
 Charles Steward
 Son
 Unmar
 19
 
 Stevedores Labourer
 Middlesex, Poplar
 
 
 William Steward
 Son
 Unmar
 17
 
 Paper Hanger
 Middlesex, Poplar
 
 
Henry Steward
 Son
 Unmar
 14
 
 Stevedores Labourer
 Middlesex, Poplar

Notes on the 1871 Census
  • The above census data was found in a January 1988 search at the Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City by a genealogy researcher commisioned by Dave Jordan.
  • An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as it is on the original record; some wording changes have been made for clarity and further information on the meaning of column headings is on the census sheet.
  • If wish to explore any of this data further, please contact Dave directly.
  • For some early census, ages were given but sometimes above the age of 15 ages were rounded down within 5 year bands. 16-19=15; 20-24=20 etc.
  • This record was found in January 1988 through a house-by-house search of a section of Poplar, England focused around Wade Street, East India Dock Road, West East India Dock Road and Poplar High Street. The Microfilm Reels searched are located at the Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and are numbered: 824896 and 824897. The record shown was found on reel number 824897. All Steward, Jordan, Scholdberg and Holloway names and variations were searched. In the search, a number of other Stewards were found, but no Holloways, Jordans, or Scholdbergs. In 1993, a search of the indexes completed at that time by the Clive Ayton was searched for Holloway, Scholdberg, and Steward. There were no Scholdberg matches. There were a few other Steward and Holloway matches, but the full records have not been obtained.
  • A stevedore is a person employed in the loading and unloading of ships.
  • In some cases, the ages of the children do not match their birth records.


1881 Census for Poplar, County of Middlesex, England (3 April 1881)
Civil Parish (or Township) of
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Parliamentary Borough of
Town or Village or Hamlet
Urban Sanitary District of
Rural Sanitary District of
Ecclesiatical Parish of
Enumeration Date
 Poplar
 Tower Hamlet
 
 Lower Hamlet
 
 Poplar
 93
 St. Stephen
 1st week of April

         
AGE last Birthday of
    
No. of Schedule
ROAD, STREET and NO. or NAME of HOUSE
NAME and Surname of each Person
RELATION to Head of Family
CONDITION as to Marriage
Male
Female
Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION
WHERE BORN
 66  20 Wade St  Joseph Steward  Head  Mar  55    Dock Laborer  Middlesex Poplar
     Elizabeth Steward  Wife  Mar    56    Middlesex Poplar
     Oscar Scholdberg  Grandson    13    Scholar  Middlesex Poplar
     Charles Scholdberg  Grandson    7    Scholar  Middlesex Poplar
     James Jordan  Grandson    1      Middlesex Poplar

Notes on the 1881 Census
  • The above census data was found in a March 1987 search at the Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City by a genealogy researcher commisioned by Dave Jordan.
  • An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as it is on the original record; some wording changes have been made for clarity and further information on the meaning of column headings is on the census sheet.
  • If wish to explore any of this data further, please contact Dave directly.
  • This record was found in March 1987 through a house-by-house search of a section of Poplar, England. The search was focused around Wade Street, East India Dock Road, West East India Dock Road and Poplar High Street. The Microfilm Reel searched is located at the Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and is numbered: 1341113, enumeration districts 13-20, RG111508. All Steward, Jordan, and Holloway names and variations were searched. None other than those shown were found. An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as is indicated on the original record; however, column headings have in some cases been shortened.
  • Finding this census record was a major discovery because it provided the original family name of who we knew as the Jordan brothers (James and Charles Jordan). From the Scholdberg name, it was then possible to find James Oscars' and Charles' original birth registrations and also to find their mother's marriage registration to Knut Scholdberg.
  • A remaining mystery in the 1881 search is the absence of information for the parents of the three grandchildren. By then Elizabeth Priscilla Scholdberg and re-married and was Elizabeth Priscilla Jordan. An extensive search of the surrounding area was performed in an attempt to locate Elizabeth Jordan, James Jordan or Oscar Scholdberg. No listings have been found to date. Later it was found that Oscar Scholdberg had died in November 1875.
  • On the original 1881 census record, the street is written as 20 Wade Place while in the 1871 and 1891 it is written as 20 Wade Street. However, in the 1881 census the word Place is crossed out and there is a small St underneath it, which appears to be a correction to Wade Street.
  • "Dock labourers were employed casually by means of a "call-on" at the dock gates twice daily. There was a trade depression during the 1890s and men were called on or paid off at any time of the day. They were employed literally by the hour at a rate of 5d. per hour (4d. at Tilbury). In 1889 the docker's struck to get the "docker's tanner", i.e. 6d. per hour. The great dock strike began at the East and West India Docks on 14th August 1889 and ended on 15th September. The dockers got their 6d. an hour and 8d. an hour overtime. However, industrial unrest continued with blacklegs being brought in during strikes". [East of London Family History Society, Cockney Ancestor Publication No. 100, August 2003, extracted from Article by Jan Penney Page 13.] The terminology 5d. represents 5 shillings. A shilling is 1/20 of a British pound.


1891 Census for Poplar, County of Middlesex, England (5 April 1891)
Civil Parish (or Township) of
City or Municipal Borough of
Municipal Ward of
Urban Sanitary District of
Town or Village or Hamlet
Ecclesiatical Parish of
Enumeration Date
 Poplar    West  Poplar      

         
AGE last Birthday of
    
No. of Schedule
ROAD, STREET and NO. or NAME of HOUSE
NAME and Surname of each Person
RELATION to Head of Family
CONDITION as to Marriage
Male
Female
Rank, Profession, or OCCUPATION
WHERE BORN
 
 20 Wade St.
 Joseph Steward
 Head
 M
 66
 
 General Laborer
 
 
 
 Elizabeth Steward
 Wife
 
 66
 
 
 
 
 
Henry Steward
 Son
 
 33
 
 Stevedore Laborer
 
 
 
 James Jordan
 Grandson
 
 11
 
 Scholar
 

Notes on the 1891 Census
  • The above census data was found in November 1993 in a search by Marianne Garcher.
  • An attempt has been made to reproduce all data exactly as it is on the original record; some wording changes have been made for clarity and further information on the meaning of column headings is on the census sheet.
  • If wish to explore any of this data further, please contact Dave directly.
  • This record was found in November 1993 by Marianne Garcher who viewed a microfiche copy for all of Poplar at the Dayton LDS Family History library. Because of the number of people in Poplar at the time, no general search was done. Instead just one address, 20 Wade Street, was searched. Searches of nearby streets for Jordans, Holloways, and Scholdbergs also took place. Only this Steward record was found.
  • For the 1881 census, the three grandchildren: Oscar Scholdberg, Charles Scholdberg, and James Henry Jordan, were staying with the Stewards at 20 Wade Street. Sometime between 1882 and 1886, Oscar Scholdberg, aka James Oscar Jordan had left for Chicago. Then in late 1892, Joseph Steward died. And in 1893, Elizabeth Priscilla Jordan, Elizabeth Steward, Charles Jordan (formerly Charles Scholdberg), and James Henry Jordan left for America. It was hoped that the 1891 Census would shed light on whether Charles changed his name to Jordan while in London or upon the emigration to Chicago. It was also hoped that information on James Jordan, the husband of Elizabeth Priscilla Jordan, could be found since so little was known about him. Unfortunately, little progress was made on these mysteries. Marianne Garcher searched nearby streets but to no avail. So the mystery remains on who James Jordan was and why eleven year old James was staying with his grandparents and not his mother and where 17 year old Charles Jordan was.
  • A stevedore is person employed in the loading and unloading of ships.
  • Baptismal records have not yet been searched for Joseph Steward and his wife Elizabeth Holloway. Based on the 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1900 census, the year of birth for Elizabeth is January 1826, 1825, 1825 or 1830. For Joseph, his year of birth would be between 1824 and 1828.