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Use historical sources to discover details of his life
Piece together William Halse Rivers Rivers’ story Use historical sources to discover details of his life © Image sourced via Wikipedia, public domain
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Extract from 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Offham Rectory, Offham, Kent
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Transcript of 1881 England & Wales Census
Name and surname Relationship to head of family Particulars as to marriage Age Occupation Birthplace Henry F Rivers Head Married 51 Curate and Chaplain Kent, Deptford Elizabeth Rivers Wife 41 Dorset, Swanage Wm. H R Rivers Son Unmarried 17 Scholar Kent, Chatham Alexander Monkaster Boarder New Zealand Edwd. A Gayer 16 East India Hugh Murdock Middlesex, Highgate Sarah Austin Servant 19 Domestic Servant Cook Kent, East Peckham Emma Parris Domestic Servant Housemaid Kent, Offham
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Extract from 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent
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Transcript of 1891 England & Wales Census
Name and surname Relationship to head of family Particulars as to marriage Age Occupation Birthplace Henry F Rivers Head Married 61 Vicar Kent, Deptford Elizabeth Rivers Wife 51 Dorset, Swanage William H R Rivers Son Single 27 Physician Kent, Chatham Ethel M Rivers Daughter 23 Scholar Katherine E Rivers 19 Kent, Tunbridge Sarah Goldsmith Sister Widowed 55 Living on her own means
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Name and surname Relationship to head of family Particulars as to marriage Age Occupation Birthplace Henrietta M Hunt Visitor Widowed 58 Living on her own means Westminster Catherine Brown Single 14 Scholar Yorkshire, Leeds Rachel R Abrahams Servant 15 General Servant Domestic Kent, Burham Emily E Wraight Kent, Aylesford
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Extract from 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
7 Manor Road, Folkestone, Kent
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Transcript of 1901 England & Wales Census
Name and surname Relationship to head of family Particulars as to marriage Age Occupation Birthplace Jenifer Nancarrow Head Widow 56 Lodging House Keeper Blue Pool Crowan, Cornwall Edith A Fuller Servant Single 22 General Servant Domestic Staplehurst, Kent William H R Rivers Visitor 37 University Lecturer Luton, Kent Katherine E Rivers 29 Living On Own Means Tonbridge, Kent William G Palmer Married 27 Poultry Farmer Loughborough, Leicestershire Cecilia E A D Palmer Kensington, London Kate Stride 26 Ladysmaid Domestic Gips Cross Langton, Kent Margaret Rowlands 17 Dulwich, Kent
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Extract from 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Middlecott, Ilsington, Devon
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Transcript of 1911 England & Wales Census
Name and surname Relationship to head of family Age Particulars as to marriage Occupation Birthplace Thomas Henry Lyon Head 41 Single Architect Ilsington, South Devon William Halse Rivers Rivers Boarder 47 University Lecturer Kent, Luton Arthur Clarkson Birch 21 University Student Fulham Frank Morgan Chase 55 Married Private Means Madras Presidency British by Parentage Frank Charles Chase 28 London
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Name and surname Relationship to head of family Age Particulars as to marriage Occupation Birthplace Ronald Arbuthnott Knox Boarder 23 Single Fellow of Trinity College Oxford Kilworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire Thomas Knox Shaw 24 Fellow of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge St. Leonards on Sea, Sussex John William Reynolds Keswick, Norfolk Cedric Fawcett Horsfall 21 University Student Keighley, Yorkshire Florence Rose Courtier Servant 27 Housemaid (Boarding House) Halford Ilsington, Devon Emily Courtier 25 Parlourmaid (Boarding House) Ilsington, South Devon Bessie Courtier 35 Cook (Boarding House) Bickington, South Devon
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The next two pages use information from Home Front Legacy 1914‐18
Home Front Legacy 1914‐18 was a UK‐wide site recording project co‐ordinated by the Council for British Archaeology with funding from Historic England. The project enabled individuals, community groups, schools, youth groups and families to investigate their local area and record the forgotten archaeological remains of the First World War Home Front. Home Front Legacy 1914‐18 young persons' learning resources are available via These resources can be used to conduct a series of engaging and fun activities, to help younger generations engage with the First World War. All resources are free to access and use.
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Image © 2014 Council for British Archaeology
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Listen to the sound clip… Think about this woman’s perception of Craiglockhart. Does this match what you have learnt and imagined about the treatment of shell shock? © IWM Sound Archive 20683 British civilian daughter of Sir Harold Stevens who was a shell shock patient at Craiglockhart Hospital
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The Scotsman – 8th June 1922 Transcript of 1911 England & Wales Census
Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD
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Discover more fascinating stories…
Lives of the First World War livesofthefirstworldwar.org
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