The British Government took the 1861 Census on the 7th of April 1861. This page summarises, on a household basis, all of the Inkson information from the 1861 records that has been found to date. THI was eventually found indexed as Thomas H 'Iwkson' with a 'w' not an 'n'. Sarah, his mother, is indexed as 'Jackson'.
| Household | PRO Reference | |||||
| Occupant | Relationship | Marriage | Age | Where Born | Occupation | Comments |
| Sarah Inkson: High Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1256-Fo69-Pg13-Sc78 | |||||
| Sarah Inkson | Head | Wid | 53 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Butcher | This is THI's mother |
| Sarah A Inkson | Daughter | Un | 23 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Milliner | |
| Harriett J Inkson | Daughter | Un | 22 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Milliner | |
| Emily M Inkson | Daughter | Un | 18 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Draper's Assistant | |
| Margaret F Inkson | Daughter | Un | 16 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Draper's Assistant | |
| Robert William Inkson | Grand Son | Un | 1 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | blank | This must be the son of Alfred William, Sarah's oldest son [see below] |
| George Ashby | Apprentice | Un | 17 | Middlesex Islington | Butcher's Apprentice | |
| Mary J Childs | Servant | Un | 13 | Norfolk Tottenhill | General Servant | |
| Alfred William Inkson: Jones' Yard, High Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1256-Fo100-Pg5-Sc27 | |||||
| Alfred William Inkson | Head | Mar | 27 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Butcher [Journeyman] | Now known to be THI's brother. |
| Maria Jean Inkson | Wife | Mar | 24 | Kent, Lee | blank | Are there already family links with Lee [see THI in later years]? |
| Thomas H Inkson: Exton's Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1257-Fo135-Pg31-Sc195 | |||||
| Thomas H Inkson | Head | Mar | 26 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Railway Clerk | This is THI |
| Martha Inkson | Wife | Mar | 23 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | blank | Née Garner - see next family |
| William A Inkson | Son | blank | 2 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | blank | This is WAI |
| Martha H Inkson | Daughter | blank | 1 m | Norfolk Kings Lynn | blank | This is MHI |
| Henry Garner: The Three Tuns, Church Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1256-Fo31-Pg29-Sc143 | |||||
| Henry Garner | Head | Mar | 53 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Inn Keeper and Post Master [employing 4 men] | This is thought to be Martha's father |
| Marth Garner | Wife | Mar | 47 | Scotland Edinburgh | blank | |
| Charlotte Garner | Daughter | Unmar | 15 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | blank | This is thought to be Martha's sister who is living with THI and family in 1901 |
| Thomas Inkson | Grandson | blank | 4 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | blank | This is the Forgotten Son |
| Mary Hornigold | Servant | blank | 22 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Cook | |
| Mary Proctor | Servant | Unmar | 20 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | House Maid | |
| Edward Younges | Servant | Unmar | 27 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Ostler | |
| John Coulson | Servant | Unmar | 11 | Norfolk Kings Lynn | Errand Boy | |
| Caroline Wiseman | Visitor | Unmar | 28 | Cambridgeshire Scarrington | blank | |
| John Inkson: Railway Road, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1256-Fo31-Pg29-Sc143 | |||||
| John Inkson | Head | Mar | 47 | Lynn, Norfolk | Cowkeeper | Believed to be THI's uncle - see note about his sister Frances below |
| Mary Inkson | Wife | Mar | 47 | Shadsett, Norfolk | blank | |
| Frances Inkson | Sister | Unmar | 50 | Lynn, Norfolk | blank | Also sister to William, THI's father - see 1851 |
| John Inkson | Son | blank | 12 | Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| Mary Ann Inkson | Daughter | blank | 10 | Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| George Inkson | Son | blank | 11 | Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| William Inkson | Son | blank | 6 | Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| Arthur Inkson | Son | blank | 2 | Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| Emily Jane Inkson | Daughter | blank | 4 | Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| Walter Inkson | Son | blank | 3 m | Lynn, Norfolk | blank | |
| Mary Ann Cox | Visitor | Unmar | 17 | St German, Norfolk | Dress Maker | |
| Eliza Inkson: Union Workhouse, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1257-Fo171-Pg4-Sc1 [lines 14 and 15] | |||||
| Eliza Inkson | blank | U | 14 | Kings Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| Thos Inkson | blank | U | 8 | Kings Lynn, Norfolk | Scholar | |
| Henry Inkson: 23 King Street, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1255-Fo101-Pg26-Sc141 | |||||
| Henry Inkson | Head | Mar | 54 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Bookbinder | Surely related to THI but an earlier generation? |
| Elizabeth Inkson | Wife | Mar | 46 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Bookbinder's Wife | |
| Margaret Inkson | Daughter | Un | 22 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Bookbinder's Daughter | |
| George H Inkson | Son | blank | 14 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Scholar | |
| William Inkson: East Street, Chichester, Sussex | RG9-Pc0623-Fo28-Pg7-Sc34 | |||||
| William Inkson | Head | Mar | 50 | Sussex, Chichester | Butcher employing 4 men & 2 boys | |
| Elizabeth Inkson | Wife | Mar | 48 | Sussex, Chichester | blank | |
| Ann Mary Inkson | Daughter | Un | 22 | Sussex, Chichester | Keeper of Accounts | |
| Margaret Inkson | Daughter | blank | 15 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| William Inkson | Son | blank | 11 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Walter Inkson | Son | blank | 9 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Arthur Inkson | Son | blank | 5 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Edith Frances Inkson | Daughter | blank | 3 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Owen Inkson | Son | blank | 1 | Sussex, Chichester | blank | |
| Frances Wingate | Servant | Un | 20 | Sussex, Birdham | Servant Household | |
| Elizabeth Inkson: West Street, Chichester, Sussex | RG9-Pc0623-Fo35-Pg21-Sc107 | |||||
| Elizabeth Inkson | Head | Un | 25 | Sussex, Chichester | Schoolmistress | |
| Alice Inkson | Sister | Un | 21 | Sussex, Chichester | Music & English Teacher | |
| Rhoda Inkson | Sister | blank | 13 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Grace Inkson | Sister | blank | 7 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Eliza Richardson | Boarder | blank | 13 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Georgina Stokes | Boarder | blank | 11 | Sussex, Chichester | Scholar | |
| Sarah Ann Blissett | Boarder | blank | 11 | Hants, Portsmouth | Scholar | |
| Mary Emily Acton | Boarder | blank | 10 | Sussex, Brighton | Scholar | |
| Ann Juliana Hogg | Boarder | blank | 9 | Bedfordshire, Teddington | Scholar | |
| Sarah Elizabeth Milyard | Boarder | blank | 8 | Sussex, Hunston | Scholar | |
| Mary Emilia Hogg | Boarder | blank | 10 | Bedfordshire, Teddington | Scholar | |
| Charlotte Lintott | Servant | Un | 25 | Sussex, Woolbeding | Cook & Housemaid | |
| Ellen Oakley | Servant | Un | 17 | Sussex, Eastdean | Housemaid | |
| Emma Bliss: St Margaret's Bank, Rochester, Kent | RG9-Pc0477-Fo179-Pg20-Sc99A et seq. | |||||
| Emma Bliss | Head | Un | 39 | Kent, Edenbridge | Schoolmistress | |
| Emma C Bliss | Daughter | Un | 15 | Kent, Rochester | Scholar | |
| John Bliss | Son | Un | 13 | Kent, Rochester | Scholar | |
| Susan Bassett | Aunt | Un | 75 | Kent, Edenbridge | Housekeeper | |
| Mary Barlow | Niece | Un | 14 | Hampshire, Southam | Scholar | |
| Juia A Eades | Assistant | Un | 29 | Surrey, Wainfleton | Assistant Teacher | |
| Jane Porter | Assistant | Un | 20 | Yorkshire | Assistant Teacher | |
| Harriet J Strike | Assistant | Un | 18 | Sussex, Rye | Assistant Teacher | |
| Ellen M Inkson | Assistant | Un | 17 | Sussex, Chichester | Assistant Teacher | |
| There then follow 2 servants and 21 scholars ... | ||||||
| Medway Union Workhouse: Chatham, Kent | RG9-Pc0483-Fo147-Pg9-Sc1 [line 6] | |||||
| Elizabeth Inkson | Inmate | Wid | 44 | Kent, Hoo | Widow of Alexander Inkson, a ???? | Alexander may have been a 'Butcher' or a 'Butler'? In 1851 he was described as a 'groom'. |
| Edward Websdale: Austin Street, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1255-Fo44-Pg10-Sc63 | |||||
| Edward Websdale | Head | Mar | 41 | Norfolk, Hethel | Waiter [Hotel] | |
| Elizabeth A Websdale | Wife | Mar | 40 | Norfolk, Norwich | blank | |
| Ellen Websdale | Daughter | blank | 11 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | blank | |
| Edward Websdale | Son | blank | 10 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Scholar | |
| William Websdale | Son | blank | 2 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | blank | |
| Emma Websdale | Daughter | blank | 3 m | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | blank | |
| Katherine Inkson | Servant | Un | 16 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Domestic Servant | |
| Anne Harris: Globe Hotel, King Street, St Margaret, Kings Lynn, Norfolk | RG9-Pc1255-Fo102-Pg28-Sc153 | |||||
| Anne Harris | Head | Un | 43 | Hampshire, Fareham | Manager of Globe Hotel | |
| Anne Clayton | Servant | ? | 45 | Hampshire, Hambleton | Bar Maid | |
| Rebecca Jakes | Servant | Un | 28 | Norfolk, Wareham | 1st Chambermaid | |
| Sarah Hearn | Servant | Un | 19 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | 2nd Chambermaid | |
| Mary A Inkson | Servant | Un | 19 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Waiter's Maid | |
| Mary A Southgate | Servant | Un | 25 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Kitchen Maid | |
| Maria Gage | Servant | Un | 19 | Norfolk, Pentney | Buttery Maid | |
| Charles Woods | Servant | Un | 21 | Norfolk, Docking | Head Porter | |
| Henry Brown | Lodger | Un | 38 | Middlesex, Marylebone | Commercial Traveller in ? [Dengs?] | |
| Charles J Rigby | Lodger | Mar | 45 | Middlesex, St Lenard Shoreditch | Commercial Traveller in Casks | |
| Daniel Coxall | Servant | Un | 19 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | Second Porter | |
| John Porter | Servant | Un | 17 | Norfolk, Shouldham | Page | |
| William Utting | Servant | Mar | 46 | Essex, Halsted | Second Ostler | |
| Godfrey Aleyne | Lodger | Un | 45 | Norfolk, Kings Lynn | No Occupation | |
| Mary Burton: 29 Vine Street, Sunderland, Durham | RG9-Pc3777-Fo1113-Pg6-Sc363 | |||||
| Mary Burton | Wife | Mar | 43 | Norfolk. Kings Lynn | Seaman's Wife | |
| Robert Burton | Son | Un | 19 | Norfolk. Kings Lynn | A.B. Mariner MS | |
| George Inkson | Boarder | Un | 22 | Norfolk. Kings Lynn | A.B. Mariner MS | |
| William Davy: MV Elizabeth Davy, Vessels, Dorset | RG9-Pc4490-Fo39-Pg--Sc1 | |||||
| William Davy | not used | Married | 41 | Skipton Yorkshire | Master | |
| Charles Dyson | not used | U | 24 | Knottingley Yorkshire | Mate | |
| Charles Inkson | not used | U | 17 | Lynn Norfolk | Seaman | |
| Elizabeth Davy | not used | M | 35 | Leeds Yorkshire | Master's Wife | |
| William Huby? Davy | not used | C | 9 | Leeds | Children | |
| Charles Richard Davy | not used | blank | 4 | Leeds | blank | |
| Walter Davy | not used | blank | 9 m | London | blank | |
| Sophia Inkson: 2 Wharf Street, Hammersmith, London | RG9-Pc0026-Fo131-Pg33-Sc166 | |||||
| Sophia Inkson | Head | Un | 31 | Surrey, Lambeth | Laundress | |
| Margaret Harborow: 4 Cuming Street, Clerkenwell, London | RG9-Pc0196-Fo124-Pg50-Sc301 | |||||
| Margaret Harborow | Head | W | 55 | Norfolk, Lynn | blank | Daughter of Thomas and Ann Inkson, sister to William, Frances and John |
