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Household of Alexander Denholm (born 1804, Lanarkshire)

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census in Wandell & Lamington, 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.

Alexander Denholm and 10 other people are on this record

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In the 1881 Census, the household of Alexander Denholm, born in 1804 in Coulter, Lanarkshire, consisted of 11 members. Alexander was the head of the household, married to Elizabeth Denholm, born in 1817 in Midlothian, Scotland. They had 5 children; Betsy (born 1845 in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Alexander (born 1854 in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Margaret (born 1858 in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Laura (born 1860 in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Mary (born 1862 in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland).
During the period, also present in the household were Alexander's Servant, Jane (born 1857 in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Alexander's Servant, Jessie (born 1862 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland), Alexander's Servant, William (born 1866 in Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Alexander's Visitor, John (born 1828 in Ireland).


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Alexander Denholm's household

Male

Alexander

Denholm

Head
Female

Elizabeth

Denholm

Wife
Female

Betsy

Denholm

Daughter
Male

Alexander

Denholm

Son
Female

Margaret

Denholm

Daughter
Female

Laura

Denholm

Daughter
Female

Mary

Denholm

Daughter
Female

Jane

Maxwell

Servant
Female

Jessie

Brown

Servant
Male

William

Watson

Servant
Male

John

Morgan

Visitor
First name(s) Alexander
Last name Denholm
Relationship Head
Marital status Married
Age 77
Birth year 1804
Birth place Coulter, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Household members (11 people)

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Age

Birth year

Birth place

Full record

Alexander

Denholm

Head

Married

77

1804

Coulter, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Elizabeth

Denholm

Wife

Married

64

1817

Midlothian, Scotland

Betsy

Denholm

Daughter

Unmarried

36

1845

Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Alexander

Denholm

Son

Unmarried

27

1854

Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Margaret

Denholm

Daughter

Unmarried

23

1858

Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Laura

Denholm

Daughter

Unmarried

21

1860

Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Mary

Denholm

Daughter

Unmarried

19

1862

Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jane

Maxwell

Servant

Unmarried

24

1857

Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Jessie

Brown

Servant

Unmarried

19

1862

Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

William

Watson

Servant

Unmarried

15

1866

Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland

John

Morgan

Visitor

Unmarried

53

1828

Ireland

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