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Household of Adelaide Gow (born 1831, Dunbartonshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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The 1881 Census reveals a detailed snapshot of households in England, Wales and Scotland. The census was taken on April 3rd and the total population was recorded as 29,707,207.

Adelaide Gow and 5 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Adelaide Gow, born in 1831 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, consisted of 6 members. Adelaide was the head of the household, widow. She had 2 children; Jane C (born 1857 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Murray Taylor (born 1859 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Adelaide's Visitor, Emma Jane (born 1861 in England), Adelaide's Servant, Mary (born 1853 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Adelaide's Servant, Janet (born 1862 in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland).


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Adelaide Gow's household

Female

Adelaide

Gow

Head
Female

Jane C

Gow

Daughter
Male

Murray Taylor

Gow

Son
Female

Emma Jane

Williams

Visitor
Female

Mary

Young

Servant
Female

Janet

Trainer

Servant
First name(s) Adelaide
Last name Gow
Relationship Head
Marital status Widow
Age 50
Birth year 1831
Birth place Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Household members (6 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Adelaide

Gow

Head

Widow

50

1831

Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Jane C

Gow

Daughter

Unmarried

24

1857

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Murray Taylor

Gow

Son

Unmarried

22

1859

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Emma Jane

Williams

Visitor

Unmarried

20

1861

England

Mary

Young

Servant

Unmarried

28

1853

Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Janet

Trainer

Servant

Unmarried

19

1862

Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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