In the 1871 census St. Martin Church Yd (St Martin’s House) St Martin Le Grand civil parish, York registration district, Bootham sub district, Yorkshire. Head William Silburn, age 34, Attorney, born Pocklington, Yorkshire. Wife Annie Sarah Silburn, age 29, born Sunderland Durham. Son John Henry Silburn, age 8, born Pocklington. Daughter Norah Eliza Helen Silburn, age 7, born Pocklington. Daughter Evelyn Jessie Silburn, age 6, born Pocklington. Son Reginald James Singleton Silburn, age 4, born Pocklington. Son Frederick William Muschamp Silburn, age 3, born Pocklington. Sister-in-Law, unmarried, age 20, Eliza Bell Ryan, born Stockport Lancashire. 1 servant.

In the January to March 1872 death index Frederick William M. Silburn, age 4, York, Yorkshire, volume 9d, page 6.