At the time of the 1871 England Census George Robert Emery, aged 17, born in Portsea Hants, pauper, labourer, was in Portsea Island Union Workhouse, Hampshire.
At the time of the 1881 England Census George Emery, aged 26, born in Portsea Hants, gen. labourer, was with his widowed mother at 52 Creswell St., Portsea Hants.
At the time of the 1891 England Census George Emery, aged 36, born in Portsmouth Hants, fireman, and wife Margaret, aged 36, born in Plymouth Devon, laundress, were living in Coopers Arm, Plymouth St. Andrew, Devon. Present were children (born in Plymouth): Alice [sic] (7), scholar, and Frederick (5), scholar.
At the time of the 1901 England Census George Emery, aged 43, born in Portsmouth Hants, dock labourer, and wife Margaret, aged 45, born in Plymouth Devon, were living at 27 High Street, East Stonehouse, Devon. With them were children (born in Plymouth): Sarah C (17), Frederick T (15), grocer's porter.
At the time of the 1911 England Census George Emery, aged 60, born in Portsmouth Hants, general labourer, and wife of 34 years Margaret, aged 60, born in Plymouth, were living at 8 Morley Place, Plymouth.