Perranuthnoe Census of 1851 | sampsonfamily.me

Perranuthnoe Census of 1851
Census dated 31 March 1851. The Perranuthnoe area consisted of 123 separate occupiers, 121 inhabited houses and 28 uninhabited houses. Population: Males 244 and females 292 – total of 536.

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Street/Town	Name	Age	Occupation	Birth	Notes
Goldsithney No. 26	Thomas Sampson Eliza Sampson Thomas Sampson William Sampson James Sampson Richard Sampson Jane Sampson	39 Head 39 15 11 9 7 5	Copper miner Tin miner At home At home At home At home	Perran Scilly Is. Perran Perran Perran Perran Perran	Thomas died within two months after this census. Eliza would later remarry to a Richard Berryman.
Goldsithney No. 33	William Sampson Susanna Sampson William Gilbert	32 Head 42 16	Copper Miner Copper miner	Perran Perran Perran	Susanna Sampson nee Harvey. William Gilbert son-in-law.
Goldsithney No. 49	Grace Gundry Elizabeth Gundry Jane Sampson	76 Head 43 Dau. 14 G/dau	Assistant? Home	St Buryan Perran Perran	Grace Gundry (nee Andrew) was a widow. Living with Grace is her unmarried daughter in Elizabeth. Jane Sampson was the daughter of Thomas & Mary Sampson (nee Gundry). Thomas and Mary with the remainder of their children migrated to the USA in the late 1840s to Iowa leaving Jane behind.
Perran Downs No. 49	Richard Samson Jane Samson Elizabeth Samson Henry Samson	42 Head 25 Wife 2 1	Tin miner	Perran Breage Perran Perran
Perran Downs No. 58	James Samson Mary Samson James Henry Samson Mary Samson	30 Head 23 Wife 6 63 Mother	Copper miner	Perran Perran Perran Breage	Mary Samson wife (nee Floyd). Mary Samson mother listed as widow.
Gears	Hannah James Jane James	60 Head 18	Outdoor lbr	Perran Perran	Hannah listed as widow.

STRAYS FROM PERRANUTHNOE IN THE 1851 CENSUS

This table lists those people who indicated they were born in Perranuthnoe but at that time were living outside that parish.

STREET/TOWN	NAME	AGE	OCCUPATION	BORN	NOTES
Eathnaves Constantine	William Sampson Bridget Sampson Sarah J. Sampson Mary A. Sampson Bridget Sampson William Sampson	39 31 9 6 4 1	Agric Labourer Wife Dau Dau Dau Son	Perran St Hilary Perran Perran Perran Constantine	William a son of Richard Sampson and Jane Rowe. William married Bridget Laity 18 Feb 1840 at St Hilary. Perran is a short version for Perranuthnoe.
Sandy Bank Madron	Thomas Sampson Mary Sampson Julia Sampson Mary Jane Sampson Richard Sampson Fanny Sampson William Hy Sampson Elizabeth Sampson Thomas Sampson John Sampson	44 36 16 14 13 9 8 5 3 7 mon	Seaman Wife Dau - At home Dau - At home Son - At home Dau - At home Son - At home Dau - At home Son - At home Son - At home	Perranuthnoe Penzance Penzance Penzance Penzance Penzance Penzance Penzance Penzance Penzance	Thomas a son or Richard Sampson and Jane Rowe. Thomas married Mary Nicholls 1 Oct 1831 at Madron.