1861 Census
After ten years of marriage Charles and Mary Ann Blake had had at least four children who are listed in the 1861 Census. The family had moved just over 2
miles west to Clerkenwell, very close to a very large Post Office which is now the site of the Post Office Museum.
Charles John Blake
Head
Mar
31
Glass Cutter
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Mary Ann Blake
Wife
Mar
33
-
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Mary Ann Blake
Daughter
-
8
Scholar
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Charles Alfred Blake
Son
-
7
-
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Thomas William Blake
Son
-
5
-
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
Edward Blake
Son
-
0
-
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
James Harson
Visitor
Unm
21
Porter
Bridford, Middlesex, England
William Hughman
Boarder
Mar
25
Boot Maker
Harston, Middlesex, England
Susan Ann Hughman
Boarder
Mar
20
-
Wagbeach, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Randall Andrew Hughman
Son
-
1
-
St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Charles’ father died in 1868 and Charles and his family had moved back to his father’s home in 21 Cheshire St. Charles appears to have taken over his
father’s glass cutting business. While Charles was now living in Cheshire St, his mother was in the workhouse. She died in 1873.