The 1891 census shows Henry Hume, aged 62, a wholesale milliner, living at 34 Cloudesley Square with his wife Jane and no less than thirteen children! The table reveals that from the ages of 21 to 44 Mrs Hume gave birth to a new child more or less continually every two years, with only one servant to help her!
| Henry Hume | 62 | Wholesale Milliner |
| Jane Hume | 48 | |
| Thomas G Hume | 27 | Draper’s Assistant |
| Robert James Hume | 25 | Commercial Traveller |
| Jane C Hume | 23 | Teacher of Music |
| Jessie M Hume | 20 | Milliner |
| Edith L E Hume | 18 | Milliner |
| Louisa M Hume | 15 | Scholar |
| Lilian H Hume | 14 | Scholar |
| Frank L Hume | 13 | Scholar |
| Edgar O Hume | 11 | Scholar |
| Arthur W Hume | 10 | Scholar |
| Catherine G Hume | 8 | Scholar |
| Fred K Hume | 7 | Scholar |
| Mable J Hume | 4 | |
| Susannah Whitebread | 53 | General Servant Domestic |
None of the children appear to have been baptised or married in Holy Trinity. Ten years later in 1901, the eldest son, Thomas is still living at No 34, and still a Draper's Assistant, married to Ada from Essex, but the rest of the Humes have vanished. Where did they go?
