Lydia was five years old at the time of the 1861 census. Her birth year is shown as 1856. The Anable family were living at Queens Row, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Lydia's father William is shown as an agricultural labourer. He was 39 years old, and his birth year is given as 1822. Her mother Catherine was 29 years old, and her birth year is given as 1832.

Lydia was the fifth of six children: Robert was 19, William was 16, Susanna was 9, Alfred was 7 and James was 3. James's gravestone is still extant in Dry Drayton churchyard: he died aged 87 in 1941.

The census records that Lydia was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were all the family apart from her mother Catherine, who was born in Hardwick. The transcript for the entry is here.

Lydia was thirty-five years old at the time of the 1891 census. Her birth year is shown as 1856. 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.

Lydia's husband is shown as a bricklayer. He was 42 years old, and his birth year is given as 1849.

Lydia had five children: Francis was 12, William was 11, Alice was 8, Percy was 6 and Susan was two weeks old.

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

Lydia was forty-six years old at the time of the 1901 census. Her birth year is shown as 1856. The Anable family were living at Pettits Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. The road still exists today, off of the village High Street.

Lydia's husband Samuel is shown as a bricklayer. He was 50 years old, and his birth year is given as 1851.

Lydia 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 Lydia was born at Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire, as were all the family. The transcript for their entry is here.

Lydia was 56 years old at the time of the 1911 census. The Anable family were living at Pettits Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, as they had been at the time of the 1901 census. The road still exists today, off of the village High Street.

Her husband Samuel is shown as a bricklayer general. He was 61 years old, and they had been married for 36 years.

The census records that Lydia was born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, as was her husband Samuel.

Lydia had just 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 transcript for the entry is here.