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1861 census


Person: BIRKHEAD, David Address: 16, Denmark Street, Hunslet, Leeds

BIRKHEAD, David Head Married M 30 1831 Engine Smith
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BIRKHEAD, Emma Wife Married F 30 1831
Stanley, Yorkshire
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1871 census


Person: BIRKHEAD, David Address: Haigh Street Haigh Terrace, Leeds, Hunslet

BIRKHEAD, David Head M 47 1824 Yorkshire VIEW
BIRKHEAD, Emma Wife F 40 1831 Yorkshire

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David Birkhead
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Armley, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Headingley with Burley
Ecclesiastical parish: Burley
Town: Burley
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Leeds
Sub-registration district: Kirkstall
ED, institution, or vessel: 9d
Household schedule number: 69
Piece: 4571
Folio: 54
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
David Birkhead 43
Ann Elizabeth Birkhead 19
Emma Birkhead 13
William Birkhead 9
John Birkhead 6

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I am trying to find living descendants of the following: Emma Birkhead(1858) William Birkhead(1862) Ann Birkhead(1852) Parents were David birkhead(1824) and Emma howe (1831) They were married 1.11.1858 . Their other sibling was John Birkhead born 1864 he was my greatgrandfather.