Samuel was one year old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at 23 the Cottages, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Samuel's father William is shown as a bricklayer. He was 27 years old. His mother Rachel was 26 years old.

Samuel was the younger of two children at the time of the 1851 census: Elizabeth, his sister, was 5. Also living in the house at the time of the census were two lodgers, John and Mary Rogers, aged 65 and 64 respectively. John's occupation is shown as blacksmith. Almost certainly, these are the parents of Samuel's mother Rachel, whose maiden name was Rachel Rogers.

The census records that Samuel was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were his sister and his mother. His father was born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. The transcript for the entry is here.

Samuel was eleven years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Samuel's father William is shown as a bricklayer. He was 37 years old. His mother Rachel was 36 years old.

Samuel was the oldest of five children living at home at the time of the 1861 census: Elizabeth, his sister, who appears on the 1851 census, is no longer at home. Also living in the house at the time of the census were William aged 9, Maria aged 7, Susan aged 5 and Rachel aged 9 months. William's gravestone is still extant in Dry Drayton graveyard - he died at the age of 71 in 1922. The two lodgers, John and Mary Rogers, Samuel's mother's parents, who appear on the 1851 census, are no longer living in the household.

The census records that Samuel was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were his brother, sisters and his mother. His father was born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. The transcript for the entry is here.

Samuel was twenty one years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Samuel's father William is shown as a bricklayer. He was 47 years old. His mother Rachel was also 47 years old.

Samuel was the oldest of five children living at home at the time of the 1871 census: The others were William aged 19, Susan aged 14 and Phoebe aged 8.

The census records that Samuel was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were his brother, his sisters and his mother. His father was born in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. The entry is here.

Samuel was forty-two years old at the time of the 1891 census. The Anable family were living at Long Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. Long Lane does not appear on modern maps, but may refer to the road called Scotland Road today.

Samuel is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Lydia is 35 years old.

Samuel had five children living at home at the time of the 1891 census. Francis was 12, William was 11, my great-grandmother Alice was 8, Percy was 6 and Susan was two weeks old.

The census records that Samuel was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were all the family. The transcript for the entry is here.

Samuel was fifty years old at the time of the 1901 census. The Anable family were living at Pettits Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. The road still exists today, off of the village High Street.

Samuel is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Lydia is 46 years old.

Samuel had three children living at home at the time of the 1891 census. Percy was 16 and is shown as a bricklayer's labourer, Susan was 10, and Henry Thomas, or 'Harry' was 4. Francis, William and my great-grandmother Alice had already left home.

The census records that Samuel was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were all the family. The transcript for the entry is here.

Samuel was sixty-one years old at the time of the 1911 census. The Anable family were living at Pettits Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. The road still exists today, off of the village High Street.

Samuel is shown as a bricklayer general. His wife Lydia is 56 years old, and they had been married for 36 years.

Samuel had one child living at home at the time of the 1911 census. Henry Thomas, or 'Harry' was 14, and is shown as a labourer. Five older children had now left home.

The census records that Samuel was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were all the family. The transcript for the entry is here.