1901 Census
Administrative County: Salop.
The undermentioned Houses are situate within the boundaries of the
Civil Parish of Oswestry Rural; Ecclesistical Parish of: Oswestry Holy Trinity
Rural District of Oswestry; Parliamentary Division of: Oswestry
Village or Hamlet of Maesbury
(dwellings have 5 or more rooms except where stated, precise address not usually given. b.Oswestry often means born in Maesbury, but no distinction is given)

The Canal - boat people:

2 rooms William Johnson, head, married, 39, canal boatman, b.Stoke, Staffs,
Mary Ann Johnson, wife, married, 37, b.Stone, Staffs
William Johnson, son, single, 11, b. Denbighshire
Samuel Johnson, son, single, 3, b. Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
William Roberts, visitor, single, 14, b. Walsall Staffs.
2 rooms John Owen, head, married, 30, canal boatman, b. Wolverhampton
Richard H. Hadley, mate, single, 37, canal boatman, b. Wolverhampton
Francis Trow, mate, single, 58, canal boatman, b. Nantwich, Cheshire
2 rooms

Elizabeth Owen, wife, married, 61, canal boatwoman, b.Welshpool
Robert Jones, mate, single, 58, canal boatman, b.Welshpool

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