Hi Robin It looks to me as if that was the home address and the head of household was away from home Owen OWEN as butler would almost certainly have lived on the premises where he was employed and he is not enumerated as head of household but servant If the building that is on the site of Maids of Honour Row is the same one (and looks like it may be) its an imposing place and to grand for servants alone, also at number 1 is a Barrister with servants The Police constable may have been sent there to guard number 2 while the owner was away perhaps I would look in other census years for the same address to see who lived there then, also check directories to see if there is an entry for 3 Maids of Honour Row Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi, > > > > I'm new to this list and I'm hoping that someone with local knowledge of > The > Green area of Richmond can answer a couple of questions for me. > > > > I've found my ggGrandfather, Owen OWEN a butler, on the 1861 census living > at 3 Maid of Honour Row. The rest of the household were all servants, a > ladies maid, a house maid and a nurse maid. > > At the adjacent property, Heidigger House, was a civil engineer, his wife > & > daughter, a housemaid and a cook. Would I be right in thinking that 3 > Maid > of Honour Row was being used as servant's quarters for the employees of > Heidigger House? > > > > Secondly, being the only male servant of the household, is it likely that > the butler would have accompanied his employer on his travels? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Robin

Interesting - in 1851 No 1 Widowed female fundholder, daughter & grandchildren + ladies maid, house maid & cook No 2 ditto + niece, footman , housemaid & cook No 3 EIC Office + family (son also EIC Office, nepotism alive & well) + cook, housemaid & nurse No 4 Unmarried female fundholder age 69 + Ladies maid, cook, housemaid & butler (not Owen Owen) (I would love four people to look after me!!) in 1871 No 1 - Edward S Dodd, Army Agent + family +cook & housemaid No 2 - James Wilkie, MA at Edinburgh University + family + Nurse, cook & housemaid No 3 - ?Nausiton? H Vertue Stockbroker + family + Nurse, cook & housemaid No 4 - Frederick Vansittart, Retired Cavalry Officer + wife + general servant. Not a butler in sight! I think you are right and the head of household is away - and I bet the PC and his wife were enjoying the change... Anne South Australia Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Robin > > It looks to me as if that was the home address and the head of household was away from home > > Owen OWEN as butler would almost certainly have lived on the premises where he was employed and he is not > enumerated as head of household but servant > > If the building that is on the site of Maids of Honour Row is the same one (and looks like it may be) its > an imposing place and to grand for servants alone, also at number 1 is a Barrister with servants > > The Police constable may have been sent there to guard number 2 while the owner was away perhaps > > I would look in other census years for the same address to see who lived there then, also check directories > to see if there is an entry for 3 Maids of Honour Row > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm new to this list and I'm hoping that someone with local knowledge of The Green area of Richmond can >> answer a couple of questions for me. >> >> >> >> I've found my ggGrandfather, Owen OWEN a butler, on the 1861 census living at 3 Maid of Honour Row. The >> rest of the household were all servants, a ladies maid, a house maid and a nurse maid. >> >> At the adjacent property, Heidigger House, was a civil engineer, his wife & daughter, a housemaid and a >> cook. Would I be right in thinking that 3 Maid of Honour Row was being used as servant's quarters for >> the employees of Heidigger House? >> >> >> >> Secondly, being the only male servant of the household, is it likely that the butler would have >> accompanied his employer on his travels? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> Robin >