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Household of Alexander Colquhoun (born 1842, Lanarkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Lasswade, Midlothian, 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.

Alexander Colquhoun and 7 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Alexander Colquhoun, born in 1842 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, consisted of 8 members. Alexander was the head of the household, married to Joanna L Colquhoun, born in 1852 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had 6 children; Joanna (born 1870 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Eliza (born 1872 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Helen (born 1874 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Florance (born 1876 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland), James (born 1878 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Jane (born 1880 in Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland).


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Alexander Colquhoun's household

Male

Alexander

Colquhoun

Head
Female

Joanna L

Colquhoun

Wife
Female

Joanna

Colquhoun

Daughter
Female

Eliza

Colquhoun

Daughter
Female

Helen

Colquhoun

Daughter
Female

Florance

Colquhoun

Daughter
Male

James

Colquhoun

Son
Female

Jane

Colquhoun

Daughter
First name(s) Alexander
Last name Colquhoun
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 39
Birth year 1842
Birth place New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Household members (8 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Alexander

Colquhoun

Head

Married

39

1842

New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Joanna L

Colquhoun

Wife

Married

29

1852

New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Joanna

Colquhoun

Daughter

Unmarried

11

1870

Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Eliza

Colquhoun

Daughter

Unmarried

9

1872

New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Helen

Colquhoun

Daughter

Unmarried

7

1874

New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Florance

Colquhoun

Daughter

Unmarried

5

1876

New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

James

Colquhoun

Son

Unmarried

3

1878

New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane

Colquhoun

Daughter

Unmarried

1

1880

Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland

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