Primary research by Grahame Hood.
By the time the 1861 census took place, both Hatcham Lodge and Georgina Terrace had been in use for three years. The page transcribed here shows the inhabitants of Hatcham Lodge and Nos. 75-78 Georgina Terrace. They are handwritten and sometimes difficult to decipher.
74 Kender Street: Hatcham Lodge
George England is head of the family, Married, 49 years old, Engineer and Proprietor of Factory, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.
Sarah England is his wife, 49 years old, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
They have three unmarried children: Mary, 19; Eliza Ann, 17; and George, 16. George is listed as Scholar, though in fact he had been apprenticed to his father's firm since at least 1858. All children are recorded as born in Hatcham, Surrey.
There are three servants, all unmarried: Emma King, Cook (Domestic), 35, born in Stroud, Gloucestershire; Sarah Hubford, Housemaid, 24, born in Bermondsey, London; and John Blewsell (?), Man Servant, 24, place of birth illegible.
75 Kender Street: 1 Georgina Terrace
Occupied by George Andrews, a market gardener, his wife and five children. One child, a boy of 12, is listed as a Telegraph Messenger.
76 Kender Street: 2 Georgina Terrace
Occupied by Charles Moore, a coppersmith originally from Wakefield, Yorkshire, his wife, and two children. The son John is 17 and an apprentice coppersmith; the daughter Elizabeth Ann, also 17, is described as an apprentice dress maker (?).
77 Kender Street: 3 Georgina Terrace
The home of George Osborn, a boot maker, his wife, and son.
78 Kender Street
Occupied by Joseph Pugett and his wife Jane, aged 66 and 73 respectively. He is listed as Labourer in Engine Factory.
Commentary
Though England is supposed to have built the houses in Georgina Terrace for the benefit of his workers, they do not always seem to have been occupied by men in his employ. Of the four households recorded here, only Joseph Pugett at No. 78 is clearly employed at the works.
